I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

The Grand Magic Games: Day Four!

/City Of Crocus/

Natsu had finally fallen asleep after many hours of enduring the crushing embrace of Erza, unfortunately for him his rest was about to be disturbed as said woman began to wake.

As Erza's eyes opened she noticed the familiar pink hair of her fiery Dragon Slayer, initially shocked she quickly got over it and began to ponder how to react. On one hand she'd been worried sick about him and there was no word about him other than him being taken to the palace, on the other hand she was naturally concerned for his health after enduring such a fight which shook Domus Flau and Crocus despite the distance the fight had been away.

Letting her annoyed side win her over she pushed Natsu out of the bed prompting him to groan in pain, it wasn't until Erza realized that he was bleeding a little did she suddenly regret her actions and was at his side in moments.

"Why'd you do that?"

"I'm sorry I was just so annoyed you'd been taken to the castle and I'd heard nothing from anyone about your condition then I wake up and you are just there like always and I thought why do I even worry and-!"

"Look … its fine I get it I had you worried, probably should have woken you up and told you I was back but … well apparently you needed your rest so you could rescue me from the palace," Natsu said with a cheeky grin as Erza blushed.

"I was just concerned ok!"

"Yeah … so uh I have quite a few wounds that seem to just keep opening I'm gonna have Wendy look at them and if she can't seal them I'll just use my fire, could you go get Wendy for me I … I'm just gonna stay here for a bit."

Erza nodded as she ran out of the room to find Wendy, Natsu knew she'd found her as soon as a panicked cry was heard and she'd darted into the room as fast as she could looking around frantically. Spotting Natsu she tackled him into a hug, Natsu just groaned in pain since he really didn't want to move anymore.

"Oh my I'm so sorry Natsu I should've realized you were hurt I'll heal you up right away!"

"Yeah there are several wounds I want you to look at they keep opening up at the slightest bump and I can't have that?"

Natsu with the help of Erza took his shirt off and the two gasped at his completely red bandages.

"Damn I've had these changed twice already," Natsu sighed.

"Twice what do you mean!"

"Well the first time was when I first woke up and I met the Princess and a guy called Arcadios and the next was when Ultear and Meredy did it when I went to speak with them."

"Why would you need to speak to them has something happened?"

"I'd tell the two of you about it but the King told me I can't at least not right now, I only told them because it relates to why they're here."

"Zeref," Erza muttered as Natsu nodded.

"We can't talk about it now I'll fill you in when I can alright just be ready for anything alright?"

Wendy and Erza nodded as they began to slowly take the bandages off Natsu and Wendy couldn't help but be shocked.

"Our Dragon Blood should be preventing this how is this possible?"

"Maybe this is what happens when two Dragon Slayers fight for real, same as when a Dragon fights another Dragon they sustain wounds that take time to heal?"

"I'll see what I can do but my magic may not be as effective here as it normally would," Wendy said as she began to run her hand gently over the wounds as they slowly closed one by one. Natsu noticing that she looked like she was struggling to maintain the spell placed a hand on her back.

"This power what is-!"

"It's my magic Wendy … draw from it I can see you are straining yourself so use mine instead."

Wendy nodded as she continued to seal the wounds now with ease since she had what could only be described as a nearly limitless well to draw from, once the last wound was sealed Natsu filled her magic container back up then let go.

"How do you have so much magic I couldn't even see the end of it!"

"Years of training and fights that push me to my limits, one day you too will have reserves like mine. As a Dragon Slayer that will be one of the gifts you have that makes you way better than most average mages."

"Natsu can you show me that too?"

"Sure but you should still have all your magic power so I'll just open the connection and you can sense it," Natsu said as he placed a hand on her back and her eyes widened.

"In all my years I've never felt so much magic and it feels so … hot like a raging inferno, wait this magic is different it's much colder … darker … I don't understand?"

"I have no idea why that'd be the case Erza I guess you could just chalk it up to being a magic thing," Natsu lied as she nodded and Natsu slowly got to his feet. "I'll still use my trusty walking stick for a bit make people think I'm still heavily injured."

"Did the Master tell you that Fairy Tail Team B is being taken out of the games?"

"Yeah he told me when I got back I said I wasn't gonna participate in the rest of the games anyway," Natsu replied as Erza nodded.

"Did he tell you the new line up?"

"Nope I was tired and went to bed, you know it?"

"Yes it's me, Elise, Wendy, Gray and Laxus."

"Oh nice you guys should crush the competition easy," Natsu said with a grin as the three slowly made their way down the hallway and down to the bar.

"Oh look and here comes one of Fairy Tail's strongest," Macao and Wakaba cheered in unison as the guild roared in approval to which Natsu just scratched the back of his head and smiled.

/Domus Flau/

After the bombardment of questions from everyone Natsu and the rest of the guild made their way over to the arena where the announcements were being made, Natsu took a seat on the balcony overlooking the arena alongside Makarov and Mavis materialized next to him.

"That fight of yours yesterday sure was exciting!"

"Oh man you'll give me a heart attack one day doing that I keep forgetting that you are always there," Natsu gasped as Makarov sighed and shook his head.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen we've reached day four of the Grand Magic Games, today we've got some exciting fights for you so get ready for some action," Chapati shouted as the crowd cheered.

"Indeed and after yesterday's final match I just know all our competitors are raring to prove their own strength to Fiore," Yajima added.

"Now without any delay let's get these matches started first up we have the other Wizard Saint Jura Neekis of Lamia Scale versus Lysandre of the Highfather guild!"

The crowd cheered away at the matchup unaware that many eyes were on this fight, if Lysandre was as strong as the other mages in his guild this would be a brilliant battle.

As the two reached the arena Jura looked over at the tall slightly muscular man, he wore what appeared to be a black suit with several blades in the front pocket and he had the collar of his coat raised to cover the back of his neck.

"I'm looking forward to a brilliant battle Lysandre … if the trend continues you should be quite the opponent," Jura said as Lysandre nodded.

"Many opponents have underestimated me in the past due to my rather formal appearance, all perished due to the same foolishness so it's nice to know that there are indeed intelligent people in Fiore who don't base strength from appearance alone."

Jura nodded as the two faced each other down and Chapati shouted to begin.

"Let's try a little of this, Valley Of Rock!"

Holding out his hand Jura moved his index and middle fingers upward and the arena began to rapidly fill with rocks of all shapes and sizes making it almost like a real valley, Jura had risen to the highest point on one of the rocks and Lysandre had likewise risen quite high.

"Very impressive to conjure so much rock with merely your fingers however this is nothing, behold my own element of lava! Magma Launcher!"

Holding out his left arm Lysandre began to shoot fists of lava at the pillar Jura was standing on causing it to collapse and Jura being forced to jump to another one.

"A very interesting type of magic you have there however my earth should be more than a match, within my terrain you are now at a disadvantage! Supreme King Rock Crush!"

Moving one of his hands to Lysandre's position many stones in the area began to fly towards him encasing him in a prison of rock. Jura was about to begin the second stage when the rock surrounding Lysandre began to melt and Lysandre walked out no worse for wear.

"It is futile to encase me in mere earth my lava burns at such a temperature that mere rock will be liquefied to the touch…"

"Well now … this might be good …"

"This guy is good but he's holding back I can tell," Natsu said as Makarov nodded.

"Indeed he's already proven that Jura's Earth Magic will grant him no advantage in this fight yet he simply burns everything without really countering, the only attack that man has done is at the start."

"It's either a really bold strategy to tire Jura which isn't likely to happen or he's holding back for some reason," Natsu said as he looked over to the Highfather guild and was inwardly surprised that they were all looking at him.

'They must think I'm onto something … they'll slip up soon I'm sure.'

Natsu was slightly unnerved as they continued to stare at him and soon many others began to notice however none made a comment.

"I sense something about them, a familiar dark signature but I'm not sure what it is," Mavis said to Natsu as he mentally nodded not taking his eyes off the rival guild.

Down in the arena Jura was hurling rocks at Lysandre and he just stood in one spot shooting out burning magma fists at them, Jura was initially confused but when he actually looked behind Lysandre he realized.

"So that was your plan."

"It is mine to control you merely provided the resource needed to acquire it, I would advise dodging now. Molten River!"

From behind Lysandre rose a large wave of pure lava that was the result of all the melted rocks Jura had been throwing at him, the wave shot towards Jura at blinding speed who pointed at the earth and motioned for it to rise.

"Iron Rock Wall: Continuous Formation!"

All around Jura large pillars of rock shot out and large walls quickly erected themselves between them as the wave began to be funnelled around Jura, he then clasped both his hands together as another piece of rock covered the top of the wall sealing it in.

"Iron Rock Sphere!"

A sphere slowly began to form from the sealed area and it began to lift into the air, Jura then pointed towards Lysandre and the sphere was sent crashing down towards him.

"Foolish, Burning Shot!"

His leg becoming surrounded in lava Lysandre raised it and kicked the sphere with the sole of his foot and a large blast of magma shot cleanly through it and the sphere broke sending lava raining down.

"What an interesting battle this is," Jura said as he sidestepped bits of lava.

"Perhaps," Lysandre replied before looking over at his guild and his team captain nodded. "But I forfeit."

"The crowd was stunned into silence as Lysandre casually walked away and made it back up to his team, Jura himself was stunned however he merely nodded and walked back up to where Lamia Scale was.

"So it seems that Lysandre has forfeited the match which makes Jura Neekis the victor," Chapati shouted as the crowd slowly began to cheer.

Natsu however kept his eyes firmly on the Highfather guild, his eyes narrowed when the team captain smiled at him.

'What are you up to …?'

Deciding to take a walk to clear his head Natsu left the viewers box and made his way towards the refreshments section of the stadium, lining up to get some food he noticed a familiar person in front of him.

Said familiar person must have sensed him as she quickly turned around to meet him her eyes seemed steeled however they showed a faint hint of kindness within.

"You are the Wizard Saint Natsu Dragneel aren't you?"

"Yeah that's me but I'm not one for titles so you don't have to call me Saint Dragneel or any of that crap I'm just another mage as far as I'm concerned."

"You say such contradictory things, after your match yesterday I doubt that many would treat you that way given the power you wield to bring the top Wizard Saint to his knees."

"Well things just kind of ended up that way I guess nothing I can really do about it, sorry I saw your fight the other day but I can't quite remember your name?"

"My apologies my name is Kagura Mikazuchi S Class Mage of Mermaid Heel."

"Mermaid Heel … is that a relatively new guild because I don't think I've heard of it?"

"It wasn't really prominent until recently but to answer your question no it is not, I have some things I wished to ask you if I ever met you … Natsu may we talk in private somewhere?"

"Uh sure I guess but uh … can I get my food first I'm pretty hungry," Natsu asked with a grin as Kagura nodded.

"That is acceptable I too have been waiting in this line for far too long now to give up my place."

"Heh yeah at least the line makes some progress though," Natsu said as Kagura nodded.

After twenty minutes of waiting in line the two were served and ordered their respective meals before heading to an eating area and sitting in a relatively empty corner.

"Alright now that we have some food and drink what did you want to talk about?"

"Well … do you happen to remember a man named Simon?"

"Simon … Simon … I remember a guy named Simon from a few years back that I saved from this tower if that's the guy you're talking about?"

"Yes that's the one, that man is my brother," Kagura said as Natsu's eyes widened. "Natsu I owe you a debt I cannot ever repay for saving him, he told me how you tore apart the tower and made sure everyone got away from Jellal's madness."

"Well thanks but … I was just doing my best at the time," Natsu said scratching the back of his head. "So I take it Simon mentioned me in his recounting of the tale?"

"Actually no he didn't that was Milliana who did that Simon was very quiet about the whole thing when we discussed it, he didn't really want to dwell in the past and I accepted that after all he must have been through a lot."

"So how is Simon doing anyway?"

"He's out there somewhere journeying with his friends Wally and Sho, I wanted him to stay with me but Mermaid Heel is a women only guild so he wasn't allowed to join sadly."

"Well at least he's out there having adventures I'm sure he's having a blast."

"Indeed, he made two requests of me before he left though. The first was to look after Milliana who wasn't really up to running around the land with them so I accepted. The second thing was to say thank you for helping him back then. There is a third thing but I don't know how I feel about it yet."

"If it's too personal you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"Well he wanted me to meet Erza Scarlett who he said was a woman he was enslaved alongside and whom he fell in love with, he said that you were her boyfriend and I was hoping you could introduce us? I want to get to know Erza not only because of that but also because she is an inspiration for many women."

"Well I don't really know a whole lot about that but sure I can introduce you two, she's pretty interested in that sword you have and if I'm quite honest I am too."

"Oh this, this is my sword Archenemy. Its original purpose was to find and kill the man who I thought was responsible for my brother's death however when he arrived to see me those aspirations of killing Jellal died. Now it's more just a sword that is used to ensure no others suffer the same fate as those of Rosemary Village."

"You know that's a really nice goal Kagura slavery is one of the most vile practices I've come across besides Necromancy, I think you and Erza will get along just fine."

"You think so … you know you aren't so bad for a man normally most men would use a moment like this to try and seduce a girl."

"Yeah well Erza's the only one for me besides a real man doesn't do stuff like that anyway I mean this is meant to be a serious conversation after all," Natsu said as his sensitive ears picked up Elfman screaming MAN making him shake his head.

"Perhaps … we could become friends too?"

"Sure I'm always happy to make new friends, you don't have to be so nervous about asking though?"

"Sorry I don't have many friends you see, really Milliana is my only other real friend so I'm not really good at these things," Kagura said as she blushed from embarrassment.

Natsu grinned when he sensed a very angry Erza behind him.

"Natsu … what are you doing," she asked in a sickly sweet voice as Kagura's eyes widened and Natsu grinned.

"Well I guess introductions are in order Kagura congratulations you get to meet her right now," Natsu said with a grin. "Hey Erza come sit down here and meet Simon's sister she's really nice!"

Erza went from looking annoyed to looking shocked beyond belief. "Do you mean Simon as in-!"

"Yes he does Erza Scarlett please come and sit I wanted to meet you too but I wanted to thank Natsu for saving Simon."

"Uh well I would but I think we should go to the viewing area for now."

"Why's that Erza," Natsu asked.

"Because Wendy is having another fight," Erza said and Natsu was gone the next moment shocking Kagura.

"Why did he run off like that?"

"Come with me and I'll explain," Erza said as the two made their way to one of the viewing areas.

When the two arrived they found Natsu sitting on the railing and silently stood next to him.

"So why does he want to see this fight so bad," Kagura asked as Erza smiled.

"Because Wendy is rather special to Natsu, she's a Dragon Slayer like him, a kind of pseudo daughter/sister and his apprentice all rolled into one."

Kagura was shocked as she looked at the back of Natsu. "So he has someone he's training?"

"Yes Wendy is quite strong for her age I trust you saw her destroy the Twin Dragons the other day?"

"Wait that was her!"

"Yes she makes us both so proud," Erza said with a smile as they looked down at the arena.

"From Team Fairy Tail we have Wendy and from Team Lamia Scale we have Chelia!"

"You have Slayer Magic just like me this should be fun," Chelia said cheerfully.

"What type of Slayer Magic do you use?"

"Oh me I'm a Sky God Slayer!"

That response surprised a few people in the audience, Elise was now watching more intently as was Orga from Sabertooth. Likewise Natsu was surprised at the statement but he couldn't hold back a sly grin.

"A God Slayer is the perfect test to see if Wendy's paid any attention to what I taught her, can she combat the healing of a God Slayer like Elise and I can or will she fall short of the mark? Show me how you fight for real Wendy just like you did back then …"

"What does he mean like back then," Kagura asked confused.

"Natsu has taken Wendy off training with him twice and each time she has become stronger by leaps and bounds, supposedly the second time they left Natsu pushed her to a point where she fought him with all her power despite the fact that she never does so not even to her enemies. Wendy is gentle however she is also a Dragon Slayer and holds frightening power like all the others."

Kagura just nodded now intrigued as the fight began with the two Slayers rushing forward and connecting their fists with the wind picking up across the stadium.

"Wow Wendy you can match my punches not even Lyon can do that!"

Wendy was silent as she spun around and attempted to kick Chelia in the head however she dodged and countered with another punch which Wendy blocked with her forearm.

"Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!"

Taking a swipe at Chelia with air as sharp as blades wrapped around her fingers she missed by mere inches slicing the tips of her hair before following up with a second swipe which Chelia dodged by using air to push herself out of the way.

"Wow you're really good at this but now it's my turn, Sky God's Dance!"

Chelia rushed towards Wendy and spun around when she got close with her arms extended outwards, a massive current of black wind launched Wendy into the air slicing her as she rushed in to continue the attack.

Wendy wasn't fazed in the slightest and allowed Chelia to get close before landing a powerful kick to the God Slayers ribs launching her back to the ground, following up the attack Wendy surrounded her legs with her own wind and began kicking sending several blades of wind down to barrage Chelia.

As Wendy landed a large cloud of dust had formed obscuring Chelia from view but the crowd continued to cheer at the unexpected fight they were witnessing.

"It's not over, not even close," Natsu said as a blast of wind pushed the dust out onto the crowd the only ones not being affected being the mages who repelled it.

"I forgot that you were a Sky Dragon Slayer so the air is kind of your forte too, those hits were pretty good too I actually felt them," Chelia said as she stood up no worse for wear.

"And there you have it the power of a God Slayer," Natsu said with a frown. "You'll have to do a lot more damage than that Wendy if you want to take Chelia down, stop holding back and fight like a Dragon."

Down in the arena Wendy's ears picked up Natsu's muttering and she pondered what he'd said but before she could react Chelia had begun to attack again.

"Sky God's Boreas!"

Wendy's eyes widened in shock as a massive current of black wind was blasted at her, her mind went blank as her body moved on its own and she began to ride the outer part of the wind around the large typhoon.

'That attack would have done serious damage if it hit me somehow I dodged it like I dodged Natsu's attacks that one time … is this what he was talking about, to fight like a Dragon does.'

"Well now isn't that a surprise the kid's finally learning something," Gajeel said with a smirk.

"Do you mean the way Wendy dodged that attack," Elise asked as he nodded.

"Yep Salamander must have been training her pretty hard if she can use her Draconic Instincts at her age, even I couldn't do that until I went on a training trip with the shrimp and managed to figure it out."

"Draconic Instincts what's that?"

"It's just her Dragon Blood acting in the heat of the moment to predict where an attack is gonna be, you ever wonder why Salamander is able to go up against people who are said to be some of the strongest out there? Most of it is due to his raw power as a Dragon Slayer but you can thank his Draconic Instincts for it too. Temporarily heightening your senses to feel an attack, its quite the rush when you experience it for the first time let me tell you."

"So basically you enhance the five senses temporarily through your Dragon Blood enough so that you can sense attacks as they are coming?"

"Pretty much but it doesn't mean much if you don't have the skill to back it up, no use knowing where an attacks gonna land if you lack the ability to dodge it so it's not like it's a huge advantage but hey it's something we've got over you God Slayers gihi."

Back down in the arena Wendy and Chelia had begun to fight again with Wendy trying and failing to defend against Chelia's onslaught.

"Sorry about this but it's just a fact that God Slayers are superior to Dragon Slayers it's nothing personal!"

"That isn't true Natsu could beat any God Slayer."

"Yeah but he's one of the strongest mages out there and has multiple types of magic but you don't, in this fight it's just us and our wind and the wind bows to me!"

"No the wind has no masters it only lends its aid to us that's why it's so powerful!"

"Then prove it Wendy try and stop this, Sky God's Bellow!"

'That's the God Slayer equivalent of a roar … what will you do now Wendy?'

"Sky Dragon Queen's Roar!"

The two attacks met and a massive gust of wind hit everyone in the stadium, the attacks struggled for several moments but then Chelia's won out and Wendy was hit full force and sent flying through the arena wall.

"See the wind is mine to command I do possess divine power after all!"

Everyone in the crowd began to cheer thinking that the match was over as Kagura looked at Natsu who wasn't smiling.

"It's not over yet … I think now she gets it nothing like a smack in the head to knock some sense into you," Natsu said as a massive blast of wind rushed out of the hole that Wendy had been sent through earlier.

Everyone was looking around confused but Natsu just grinned. "Now the real fight begins!"

Kagura and Erza looked to where Natsu was now pointing and noticed Wendy had hit Chelia straight in the gut but neither of them had seen her emerge from the hole in the wall.

"So fast how did she do that I didn't even see her," Kagura asked shocked.

"You two better watch closely, the unstoppable force of a Dragon Slayer versus the immovable object that is the God Slayer and their ability to endure nearly any attack. Who will win the contest of power … well naturally the wind of course."

"The Dragon Force … I thought she activated it on a fluke last time but you actually taught her how to do it at will like you can," Erza asked as Natsu nodded.

"Unlocking the Dragon Force is the gateway to the next level of power a Dragon Slayer can attain Erza I had to in order for Wendy to grow stronger, plus she still can't use Crash Magic properly unless she's utilizing the Dragon Force and I forbid her from using it unless she's in the Dragon Force because it could kill someone if not properly controlled."

Down in the arena Wendy had sent Chelia flying into the opposite side of the arena wall however she had recovered once again with little injury to herself.

"Wow you look quite fearsome who knew you had power like this, Lyon was right underestimating a Dragon Slayer is a bad idea!"

Wendy just frowned as she darted towards Chelia and grabbed her by the neck slamming her into the wall.

"I know what Natsu meant now and I didn't realize it until just now but you are like Elise and have regenerative powers greater than anyone else alive so you can take many attacks and get back up, Natsu said fight like a Dragon and there's only one way to do that!"

The scales on Wendy began to expand and harden as two white scaled wings formed on her back and her teeth enlarged slightly as she took on an appearance similar to Natsu's own Dragon Force.

Still holding Chelia by the neck and holding her up against the wall Wendy began to fly dragging her along the wall tearing it up in the process, doing several laps she then grit her teeth and with a powerful throw she threw Chelia across the stadium.

"To fight like a Dragon means you don't hold back anymore!"

Rushing forward Chelia barely had time to recover as she blocked a strike from Wendy but the force of it sent her flying back several metres, Wendy had already flown past her and landed a swift kick to her chest sending her high into the air above the stadium as she flew up with several flaps of her wings.

"Is that really … Wendy," Erza asked stunned. "I saw her beat sting and Rogue but this is … the power behind these would kill a regular mage!"

"She holds back her power so she doesn't hurt those around her Erza, I fought her once and it was worse than this trust me," Natsu said not taking his eyes off the fight in the air.

Chelia who appeared to be standing on the air was grinning at Wendy who was floating opposite her.

"You're so strong I want to fight you for real!"

"Give me everything you have," Wendy shouted as the two rushed each other and hit each other in the jaw at the same time before Wendy delivered a swift kick to the chest knocking Chelia back.

Before she could recover Wendy then head butted her and did a flip landing a kick on the top of her head.

"That's right Wendy don't hold back, Sky God's Divine Cyclonic Winds!"

A mass of black wind began to form behind Chelia and was shot towards Wendy who began to weave through it until she came across one that she couldn't dodge.

"Crash Impact Fist!"

Hitting the wind with pure Crash Magic it shattered as Wendy darted through making her way towards Chelia who was still grinning away at the fight, as Wendy got closer she felt a grin on her own face begin to form until the two began laughing.

'So this is what Natsu feels when he fights for real … the rush is insane!'

The girls laughter could be heard down in the stadium and many thought the two had gone mad as dangerous winds battered the entire area, Natsu meanwhile was grinning like mad.

Others who were also grinning away like mad were Gajeel, Elise, Orga and Jura who all understood the real meaning behind the fight.

"Those two are gonna be good friends in the future," Natsu said with a grin.

"The way Wendy's fighting … it reminds me of you …"

"Of course it does Erza she sticks to me like glue unless I tell her not to she was bound to end up as awesome as I am!"

Back in the sky the two Slayers were still battling it out with Wendy clearly having the advantage however Chelia was able to come back from almost every hit and slowly Wendy was beginning to tire.

"You are strong Chelia I've only fought Natsu like this before … to take my attacks head on with my real power you really are something else."

"If it weren't for my God Slayer Healing Factor you would have won this fight ages ago … how much longer can you keep this up I don't want the fun to end just yet?"

"I still have a decent amount of magic left," Wendy said with a grin as the wind began to blow from behind her once again.

"If we are conscious after this want to go get a bite to eat?"

"I'd like that."

The two smiled before disappearing and reappearing in another clash, this time however behind the two there were two raging currents of wind that were battling for dominance one being a light green and the other shimmering black.

"May the best Slayer win, Sky God's Second Sky Arrow!"

Cloaking one of her legs in her magic Chelia kicked Wendy across the face drawing blood as Wendy countered.

"Sky Dragon Queen's Crashing Razor Claw!"

Surrounding her arm in her element and positioning her fingers together a blade of wind formed at the end of her fingertips and she sliced Chelia's face drawing blood and the wound didn't heal.

"What it didn't heal how is that possible!"

"It was something Natsu taught me after Tenrou Island when he came across Elise fighting another God Slayer named Zancrow, a God Slayer has a limit that their Healing Factor can endure! I used Crash Magic in that last attack and your Healing Factor is trying to combat it but it won't work since I've set it to keep expanding until I tell it to stop or run out of magic!"

"Well now that was rather clever … to use Crash Magic in such a way not even I'd thought of that before," Natsu said amused.

Back in the sky Chelia just grinned away at the news. "Of course Natsu taught you that I should have seen that one but don't think this means you've won yet I still have power I've been saving and I think you qualify as an opponent to use it on!"

Extending her arms outwards with her palms open black currents of air began to spiral around them, lifting her hands up to the sky more of the black streams began to gather around her. The air began to create black feathers on her arms which she began to condense into a sphere of pure magic in between her hands.

"This is my ultimate technique try to stop it if you can Wendy," Chelia shouted as she began to increase the space between her hands and the sphere grew larger and larger as rays of black began to blind everyone except a few.

"I do have a technique actually I never thought I'd use it but you've proven me wrong."

Down in the stadium many of the mages were in shock at the amount of raw magical power Chelia's currently charging attack was giving off.

"That power dwarfs Wendy's Natsu you've got to stop this that attack could kill her!"

"Settle down Erza Wendy isn't out of this yet she's got her own ace up her sleeve."

"Are you that confident you'd bet her life on it Natsu," Kagura asked as Natsu looked at her with a serious expression.

"If I jump in the way of what's about to happen between those two even my magic wouldn't be enough to prevent me being gravely injured at the least, those two are gonna clash and that will be the safest way to end this."

Up in the sky Chelia was now holding a sphere the size of her own head that was overflowing with raw magical power.

"Come on Wendy show me your final move!"

"Alright then here goes," Wendy said as she stood on the air currents under her and got onto all fours just like a real Dragon would and opened her mouth as a large green Magic Circle about half the size of the arena floor appeared in front of her.

Down in the stadium even Gajeel had begun to sweat before looking over at Natsu.

"Oi Salamander what the hell'd you teach her that for!"

"She has the Dragon Force I see no reason why she shouldn't know how to use it," Natsu said back as many in the crowd looked between the two confused until it was Sting of all people who spoke.

"Do you really think she can handle a spell like that Natsu even me and Rogue have to use all our magic to do it and even you didn't use it against the number one Wizard Saint when you had the chance!"

"Could someone fill us in on this Dragon Slayer talk what's young Wendy doing," Jura asked as many of the other guilds nodded in agreement.

Natsu sighed before he looked up at Wendy again.

"Alright you know how we have our breath attacks and Wendy, Gajeel and I have the King and Queen Variant well there is a stage above that but it requires a massive amount of magical power to use. Those of you in Fairy Tail might remember me using a weaker version of it to end the fight with the Master of Grimoire Heart Hades when he used that Amaterasu that was going to wipe us all out."

"You mean the Fire Lightning Dragon King's Unstable Reverberating Roar what was so special about that," Elise asked as Natsu shook his head.

"I placed the word unstable in the attack because it wasn't a finished technique, the true name of that attack had I successfully mastered it at the time would have been Fire Lightning Dragon Emperor's Crash Reverberation."

"The level of power a breath attack like that has at full power isn't something that can be blocked hell it probably would take like three Jupiter Cannons to block one coming from me and Salamander is leagues above me so his would be on a whole other level. Not sure about Wendy up there but this one will be relatively small scale since she's been fighting so hard, even so it should match that attack up there," Gajeel said as everyone just stood there jaws hanging loosely at the explanation as the sudden surge of magical power from Wendy indicated that they were speaking the truth.

"God Slayer's Secret Art: The Great Cleansing Wind!"

"Sky Dragon Empress' Reverberation!"

Chelia expanded the sphere to the point that a massive blast was unleashed upon Wendy however Wendy countered as the Magic Circle glowed and a blast that would easily engulf the stadium was unleashed and the two attacks met head on neither one budging an inch.

The clash went for over two minutes and as it dragged the two girls began to grow extremely tired until they both fainted at the same time and began to fall back to the earth, everyone in the crowd watched in horror as the two began to fall however within moments Natsu who was now in his own Dragon Force had flown up and caught the two before looking up at the raging storm that was still battling on even without the two fuelling it.

Landing in the arena Natsu placed Wendy and Chelia down as many of their guild mates rushed over and Natsu looked up at the raging storm that had begun to expand and overwhelmingly powerful gusts of wind began to bombard the stadium.

"Natsu what the hell is going on why haven't the attacks dissipated yet," Erza shouted over the loud noise above.

"Can't you feel how much magic is up there right now Erza those two attacks colliding could destroy a city if they were combined," Natsu said as he walked to the centre of the arena. "God damn kids have too much power these days," Natsu sighed as he took off into the air and began flying towards the powerful storm shocking everyone.

To everyone's horror Natsu flew right into the storm and disappeared from sight, moments later there was a bright light and the storm began to expand and then burst sending a shockwave across the sky as everything returned to normal.

Natsu flew back down to the ground and landed sighing and shaking his head as he walked over to the two now barely conscious sky mages.

"You two better be grateful I cleaned up your mess … very irresponsible …. You both fought well though so I guess I can let it slide this time."

The two girls looked at each other and grinned before bumping fists and falling unconscious again.

"Take them to the medical ward they'll both have severe magical exhaustion."

"Natsu what did you do that storm was one of the most powerful things I've ever seen," Gray asked in shock as Natsu sighed.

"Simply channelled 100% of my Crash Magic into it and it dissipated," Natsu replied as he began to walk away with a small grin on his face. "Erza you go hang out with your new friend Kagura for awhile and have some girl time or whatever it's called I'm going to go make sure the magic dispersed properly ok?"

Erza nodded with a small smile as Natsu left, turning to Kagura said mage seemed surprisingly composed given the situation.

"I see why you chose to be with him now Erza … he isn't like most men that's for sure."

"No he certainly isn't … still I should probably be mad that he keeps teaching Wendy such destructive techniques but I keep thinking its Wendy she's responsible enough to have such power."

"Indeed … so want to go get something to eat then there happens to be a little cake shop in town that I-?"

Kagura didn't get to finish the sentence as Erza was already dragging her out of the stadium whilst two guards kept trying and failing to revive Yajima and Chapati who had long since fainted.

"Er is this thing on … uh this is an official here this concludes day four of the games and the official result here for the match between Wendy Marvell and Chelia Blendy is a tie, please leave the stadium if you are conscious and can walk so that we can begin repairs. If you are unable to move then medical teams will be with you soon please be patient."

/Outside Crocus/

"The list just keeps growing day by day doesn't it Granvill … and they said Scarlione and Bosco were full of strong mages this is a bit much. Still it all will mean naught once we reach the gate tomorrow we strike Granvill right at the end of the games when the guild mages are at their weakest!"

"What about our allies do they have their new orders?"

"Already delivered during the chaos that just ensued they know what to do, come Granvill we have preparations to make! The Emperor's will shall not be denied any further!"

/City Of Crocus – Night - Natsu's POV/

Walking through the city Natsu had the fight he'd just watched on replay in his mind pondering everything that had happened.

'She's gotten so strong but I know that she shouldn't have had the magical power to perform that attack … unless her magical container expanded when I allowed her to access my own magic? Still I couldn't be more proud of her and the way she handled herself but I'll have to ask her about that power after she recovers a bit.'

Continuing to walk through the city Natsu felt a tinge of Dark Magic and froze; using all of his senses Natsu couldn't detect any other hint of the Dark Magic so he continued walking albeit on guard unaware that someone was watching him from one of the rooftops.

"You've gotten quite skilled Natsu … to detect me when there is barely a trace of me to detect you certainly have control over E.N.D. But I wonder, do you have power … tomorrow we shall find out," the man said as he silently jumped off the roof and into an alley and began walking.

Walking down the alley several thugs holding swords and knives approached him.

"Well well look at what we have here boys some lost kid who's stumbled in on our turf, there's a toll here kid and you haven't paid it so why don't you-!"

The man stopped as a wave of darkness washed over the thugs and they all dropped to the floor dead, the man had one eye covered by his long black hair however his other one was visible and it was glowing dark red.

"The scum of humanity … they shouldn't have annoyed me."

"Then why bother coming here you know that everything normal humans outside your little empire do angers you so why ever leave?"

"Do the Gods still intend to meddle with my plans … I warned you all to keep away last time Eliza wasn't I clear enough?"

"Oh you were clear enough but you really think that the God's of Creation and Destruction will just bow to your every whim … Zeref?"

"If they continue to interfere I will remind them of what they fear most … do you want that?"

"They do not fear you as much as they fear Achnologia you know that … I know what you are planning."

"Yet you've kept Natsu and his friends in the dark, not playing favourites anymore?"

"There is no point interfering here since the gate opening is a fixed point in time … events are playing out as they should be so for now I am not to interfere."

"Ah yes the age old motto 'do not interfere with the affairs of the mortal realms' that you Gods like to spout whenever it suits you."

"Enough Zeref … we are watching," Elise said as she disappeared into a portal leaving Zeref alone.

"Good … because I want you to watch as I fix this world as it should be … I'll fix everything in due time but it all begins with the gate …"

Yeah … so that happened but I hope you all enjoyed it and I'll see you in the next one!