It's never a boring day in Magnolia. There's always someone committing trouble. Just like right now. Two robbers just stole a car. One was driving away with another shooting at the police chasing after them.
"This is one hot hotrod. I think we're going to make it."
"Don't jinx it!" The two of them kept driving, but were in for a surprise. Black Steel was standing in the middle of the road with his body hardening into iron. The car crashed right into him and that forced them to stop.
"Stealing a car was the best you can do? How pathetic." Steel complained. He pulled the driver right out of the car and pounded him pretty hard that he was taken out in one shot. The other one tried to shoot him, but the bullets kept bouncing off him. The thief kept going until he ran out of bullets and now had nothing to help him. He did attempt to just throw the gun at him. "Yeah... That'll work." Steel had this guy beat, but he still grabbed him and pulled him right out of the car.
"Okay! I give up! I've learned my lesson!" The thief said.
"Yeah right." Steel said as he was going to pound him even more.
"Black Steel, stop! We can take it from here!" The police officer called. Steel certainly didn't want trouble with the police, but he hated to just let this guy go. He just threw him to the ground and walked away so the police would do their work.
"What a pain. I'm starting to get bored dealing with petty thieves like that." Steel complained. He was hoping for more of a challenge, but he was actually going to get it. What he didn't know was that someone was watching him and seemed interested in what he saw. Black Steel was rather bored as he just walked down the street and was minding his own business. "Isn't there anyone out there that can give me a challenge?"
"You're seeking a challenge? What a coincidence." Steel heard someone talking to him and was in for a surprise. He looked up and could see someone using fancy acrobatic movements until he landed down right in front of him. "I am looking for a challenge as well."
"Who are you? A runaway circus man?" Steel questioned.
"My name is Bluenote Stinger, but many refer to me as simply...Fall."
"Fall? You're kidding right." Steel said as he actually laughed at that. "Why are you called that?! Do you turn cold and crisp like the leaves?!" He mocked.
"No. I am call Fall because that's what my opponents do." Fall claimed as he gave an example by attacking Steel. He drove his foot right into Steel's gut and did some damage. After he did that, he grabbed Steel and twirled him around so he could throw him in the air. When he came back down, he gave Steel a powerful kick that knocked him right into a sign and the sign actually broke. "I am in search of powerful and strong opponents to fight. I saw what you did earlier. You might be what I am looking for."
"You want a fight? You got one." Steel said as he got serious. He got back up and charged right at him to attack. He had a punch ready, but he missed as Fall jumped up and did a flip kick that knocked him back. When he landed down, Fall jumped at him and drove both legs into Steel with him getting knocked down. Steel might be in trouble with this one.
"Steel!" Salamander called as he and the rest of the team hurried as fast as they could to help him out. "Are you okay?"
"I will be when I get my hands on him." Steel said with everyone noticing who he was fighting.
"Fall?! Haven't seen you for a while." Salamander said as he was astonished to see him.
"Hello again, Salamander. I wasn't aware he was a friend of yours. It would be nice to settle things between us." Fall claimed. "As much as I would like to, fight me without your little friends around to help you. One-on-one is a true showing of your strength." He claimed before took off with unbelievable movements.
"Who was that guy?" Cobra questioned.
"Bluenote Stinger, also known as Fall." Salamander explained. "He's a martial artist that tries to find strong opponents to fight. His movements give the illusion that he can defy gravity. He is pretty tough."
"Steel, maybe we should get you looked at to make sure you don't have any broken bones or contusions." Maiden said.
"I'm fine." Steel said. "At least now I know there's someone around here to have some fun with."
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The Airship
"I told you that I'm fine." Gajeel said. The team still managed to get Black Steel back to the airship and get his injuries treated, but he was being rather stubborn about it.
"Better to be safe than sorry." Jellal said as he treated his injuries with Wendy's help. "Now, what are we going to do about this Fall? The most he would be charged with is assault. He hasn't actually done anything, but I don't think it's a good idea to let him roam free."
"It's not." Natsu said. "Fall doesn't care about casualties. He just wants to find strong opponents to fight. It doesn't matter to him who gets hurt."
"No worries." Gajeel said as he pulled himself free. "I'll take him on again. Now that I know what to expect, I know I'll be ready for him."
"Sure didn't look that way with how you were getting your butt kicked." Sting said.
"Gajeel, I don't think this is the type of opponent you want to fight alone." Rogue said.
"Well, he said he only wants to fight somebody one-on-one." Gajeel said. "I don't think we're going to get him to come out unless we do that, and I'll be the one that takes him down." He claimed and pushed through the others. He's going looking for a fight, but the others are a little concerned about him.
"What's with him?" Sting questioned with the others being a ltitle concerned about this.
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Black Steel
Black Steel decided he wanted to take Fall on again. That's why he went looking for him. He made his way over the rooftops and searched around for Fall.
"Where are you?" Steel questioned as he stood over a ledge and looked around for his opponent, but there was no sign of him anywhere. Steel didn't know where he was going to find Fall until he came attacked him by kicking him right in the back and knocked him off the building. Steel plummet to the ground and couldn't save himself. Instead, he hardened his body to iron to weaken the impact. He smashed into the ground, but it appeared to have worked as he was able to get up after that fall.
"Impressive." Fall said as he made his way down. "You truly can harden your body."
"That was a cheap shot, you punk! You attacked me when my back was turned!" Steel complained.
"I seek victory, not fairness." Fall said.
"And I seek you getting knocked down!" Steel said as he took a large stone and threw it right at him, but Fall jumped right out of the way and went at Steel again. Steel hardened his body once again. Fall hit Steel across the face, but it was a double-edge sword maneuver. Fall hurt his hand, but Steel was still knocked back. "Not a bad hit. Maybe you really can give me a challenge." Steel tried to fight back as he tried to punch him, but Fall grabbed his arm and swept Steel's legs so he could throw him to the ground. Steel tried swinging his leg at him, but Fall caught it and tossed him against a car.
"Do you really think that armor of yours can protect you?" Fall taunted. Steel was starting to get annoyed with this guy. Steel tried attacking him again, but Fall jumped on a light post and was able to pull it down. When he did, he kicked the light post like it was a ball.
"No way!" Steel said as he couldn't believe he did that just when the light post hit him and knocked him down. This fight seems to be completely one-sided and not going well for Steel. Good thing Steel's body is hard or else this would hurt a lot more.
"It would seem your special armor is doing well, but not for long." Fall said. Then, he jumped in the air and flipped around to have his leg come right down in an axe-kick and smashed it right on Steel's head. It actually caused par of the iron to break off his body. Steel couldn't believe it as something like that has never happened before. Once that happened, Fall kept assaulting Steel. Steel had no way of protecting himself and was getting thrashed around. All those strikes felt like gravity itself carried the force of those attacks. Fall finished things off as he gave Steel a powerful kick and he was sent flying down the street and crashed right into a wall. When that happened, Steel appeared to be knocked out. "It would seem you're not the challenge I thought you would be."
"Try us!" Fall looked behind him to see rays of light shot at him, but he flipped out of the way. The rest of the team showed and gathered around Steel to protect him.
"You want a fight? You got one." Legion said.
"I have already claimed my victory, and I made it clear that I will only fight one-on-one." Fall said.
"And we don't care!" Salamander said as he was the first to try and attack him, but Fall kicked him back.
"I'm done here!" Fall said and made a retreat.
"Hey! Come back and fight!" Cobra called.
"Forget him for now! We need to get Steel some help!" Shadow said as Steel looked like he was in bad shape and needs some help.
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Gajeel
Gajeel was in a lot of pain, but it looked like he was going to be okay. He was starting to wake up and saw he was in the infirmary on the airship.
"Good. You're awake." Gajeel looked to the side and saw Jellal was watching over him.
"What happened?" Gajeel questioned.
"The others got to you just in time." Jellal said. "Looks like you took a nasty beating from Fall. Not even your iron body could protect you."
"That punk..." Gajeel said as he tried to fight through the pain and get back up.
"You need to take it easy." Jellal said. "The others are looking for Fall right now. Leave this to them." That's actually something Gajeel didn't like.
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Fall
Fall searched around Magnolia after he defeated Black Steel. He just searched around for his next opponent. He kept moving and jumping over rooftops and buildings, but he was going to get a fight. Salamander jumped out right in front of him and tried to attack him, but Fall caught him and tossed him aside.
"You're not going anywhere, Fall. This ends right now." Salamander said.
"So now you will be my next opponent. Good." Fall said.
"Not just him." Fall had a look around and saw the rest of the team came out of hiding and had him surrounded.
"What is this? I made it clear that I want to fight one-on-one." Fall said.
"And we don't care. We're not going to let you walkaway after what you did to our pal." Ray claimed.
"You said you wanted a challenge, right? What's not challenging when it's six against one?" Legion taunted.
"You do have a point, and your powers do interest me." Fall said as he considered the idea. "Very well. Come at me." He said as he accepted their challenge. All six of them charged right at him to attack together, but Fall was ready for that as he spun around on his hands and kicked each one of them back. This might be harder than they thought.
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The Airship
"I don't need rest. I need to get out there and kick his butt. I'm going to make Fall fall." Gajeel said as he tried to leave, but Jellal won't let him.
"Gajeel, why are you so persistent on this?" Jellal said.
"I just want to beat this guy." Gajeel said.
"Because he's challenging? Is that why you were planning to drag things out with those two car thieves?" Jellal said. Hearing about that got Gajeel to settle down. Jellal pulled out his phone and showed Black Steel getting a little rough with the thieves from earlier. "Care to explain what that was about?"
"It was a boring day. I was just doing what I had to do." Gajeel said. "I thought they put up a fight, but they quit to easily. It was super easy."
"But you were planning to drag it out. You know you can't do that." Jellal said. "From how you're acting, I take it you're tired of common criminals and are looking for something a little more challenging."
"Well... Yeah." Gajeel admitted. "Small fry like that are nothing. Is it so wrong to ask for someone to give you a challenge?"
"Of course it is!" Jellal said with a raised voice. "In our line of work, it shouldn't matter if the work is easy or hard. What matters is that we get it done, and it's done the right way. You need to fight smarter, not harder. You looking for a challenge the way you do really makes you no better than Fall."
"What?! I'm not like him! Natsu said he goes looking for fights and doesn't care who gets hurt! I'm not like that!" Gajeel said.
"Maybe, and it is understandable that you want a challenge, but you looking for a fight the way you are now... Well, it sounds more like you're reverting to your old ways." Jellal said. "Do you really want that?" Gajeel certainly didn't want that, and it was this sort of attitude that got him into trouble in the first place. That was the sort of mistake he made in the past and he certainly doesn't want to revert.
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The Fight
All six of the heroes tried to fight off Fall, but he has proven to be a powerful martial artists to be able to fight off all of them. Nova Ray kept trying to blast Fall with some light, but he kept avoiding each of his attacks. Then, Fall leaped right at him and gave him a powerful kick. Shadow tried sneaking around him as a shadow and put him in a headlock to try and hold him down.
"Shadow, get ready to move!" Legion called as he was getting ready to zap Fall, but Fall was too strong for Shadow. He grabbed a hold of Shadow and threw him against Legion with both of them knocked down. Salamander and Cobra tried attacking him together as they came at him with both sides, but he jumped right and did the splits and kicked both of them.
"He's so strong!" Sky Maiden said.
"You had the numbers and yet you still could not beat me." Fall said.
"We're not giving up!" Maiden said as she tried blasting him with wind, but he kept moving around and avoided each shot until he jumped right at her and kicked her right of the air and crashed against the roof. She tried getting back up, but he stomped down on her and caused more pain to her.
"Now fall." Fall said as he pushed her off the roof. It would have gone badly for her, but she was saved by Black Steel as he jumped in and caught her.
"I've got you." Steel said. Then, he glared right up at Fall.
"So, the defeated has returned. Come for a rematch only to be defeated again?" Fall said.
"What is your problem?!" Steel shouted. "That was going too far!"
"The defeated must fall. I'm looking for a challenge, so I don't hold back." Fall said as he made his way down. "I will give you a rematch, but it will end the same." Steel put Maiden down and positioned himself just right, but will Steel make the same mistake as before? Fall readied himself and attacked. He leaped right at Steel and attacked him, but Steel moved out the way and busted a fire hydrant with water getting everywhere.
"Light him up, Sparky!" Steel called. Legion helped him out as he unleashed some electricity right in the water and gave Fall a good shock. Steel finished it by giving the guy one good punch to the face and knocked him out. Simple yet effective. "Are you guys okay?" He asked when they all regrouped.
"Yeah. Thanks for the save." Maiden said.
"That guy was tough." Ray said.
"Maybe, but what matters is that we got him and it's done." Steel said as he could see it now. Challenge or no challenge, he beat the bad guy and that was all that mattered. It's over.
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Fall
Now that the fight was over, the police were called and were taking Fall into custody for assault and endangerment. He was completely restraint and was being taken away. Suddenly, he felt the police car came to a stop. He then heard some sort of commotion going on outside and couldn't tell what it was. Then, he saw the door opened up and it was actually Zero himself. Zero was busting him out for some reason.
"Mr. Stinger... I believe we have much to talk about." Zero said. This could be bad.