Hey, guys, I'm here with the fight you've all been waiting for. Sorry, I couldn't help myself, but yeah, here is the chapter highlighting the Phantom Lord arc; well, this and the next chapter, but still. Fun all the same. Remember to leave a like and review now; let's start.
Lucy: Last time
Happy: We successfully defeated the element for stopping the abyss break from being cast, but Phantom Lord's mast and Gajeel successfully captured Lucy. Now it's up to Natsu and me to save her.
Natsu: I'm all fired up.
Natsu stood before Lucy, Gajeel on the other side of him. Gajeel gave a smirk that looked like he'd finally got the challenge he was waiting for. "It looks like you can catch a Salamander if you use the right bait," Gajeel teased.
"Unlike you, Phantom Creeps, I watch out for my friends," Natsu retorted. Lucy stared in amazement at Natsu; the last time she felt him giving off this much power was when they first met. "Natsu," she murmured. Natsu then looked back, his eyes glued on his opponent, "stay behind me," he whispered as Lucy nodded.
"Gajeel," Boze called before Gajeel leaped in the air.
"He's mine," Gajeel called before attacking Natsu, who jumped in response. Gajeel shot his club at Natsu, who grabbed it and slammed him into the wall. He hit Gajeel with his {Fire dragons: Iron fist}, sending a large explosion, causing Gajeel's flunkies to jump down.
"We gotta get out of here," Boze shouted as they ran away.
Gajeel knocked Natsu off of him and tried to punch him again. Natsu jumped over him and smashed into another wall. "{Fire dragons: talon}" Natsu called as Gajeel blocked the attack and sent him to the ground.
"Lucy," Happy called, running up to her.
"Happy," Lucy smiled before looking back to Natsu.
"Something wrong," Happy asked as he stared at Natsu, who stood opposite Gajeel.
"No, it's just," Lucy stopped before looking back at Natsu, who had a look of anger that could scare the most battle-hardened wizards. "I've never seen anything like this before," Lucy admitted 'he looks so angry' she thought to herself.
"aye," Happy told her, "he's more fired up than ever before," Happy said, smirking, "I wouldn't want to be that other guy."
Natsu Vs. Gajeel: the two dragon slayers
[##Fist of Flame ost##]
"For scum," Gajeel said as he cracked his neck and smiled at Natsu, "you not half bad."
"You're the scum here, pal," Natsu told the iron dragon, "as payback for what you did to Lucy, I'm going to use my firepower to melt your iron face."
"Sounds like fun," Gajeel cracked an evil smile, "then give your best shot." The two lunged at each other, striking with their magic, sending shock waves through the room. Gajeel then swiped at Natsu, who jumped up and dodged. Natsu looked back to see Gajeel's hand had changed into a sword.
"That's a nice-looking toy," Natsu said as Gajeel grew a smirk.
"It's called the Iron Dragon sword," Gajeel informed him. "Anything it touches is cut to shreds. I will give an up-and-close demonstration as the spikes on the blade start to rotate.
"How's he doing that?" Lucy screamed.
"It's iron dragon slayer magic," Happy told her.
Gajeel then swiped at Natsu again, only for him to dodge; he sent another wave at his flunkies, who were thrown off balance. 'We gotta get out of here,' Natsu and Gajeel landed. "I'll give you credit for being nimble, little Dragon," Gajeel remarked, "but we have a score to settle from the other day no time like the present."
"Let's go, rivet-face," Natsu replied. "I'm all fired up now."
Lucy stepped back in fear. 'As dragon slayers, they both can take on the mythical creature's power,' she thought, 'meaning the two warriors capable of slaying dragons are about to duke it out right in front of me.' Lucy swallowed a lump in her throat as she stepped back. 'I'm scared.'
Gajeel smirked as a green light surrounded him; his body then changed. Gajeel then covered his body in Iron scales as he smiled. "Ya ready."
"What that's," Lucy asked.
"Iron scales," Happy told her.
{Iron dragons: hard fist}" Gajeel shouted as he punched Natsu, who attempted to block only to be sent into the wall.
"What are we still doing here," Boze asked as Natsu flew into the wall behind him.
"I don't know, no, but it's not smart," Sue replied.
"hearing you hit that wall, " Gajeel smiled as he walked up to Natsu, "was like music to my ears."
"he took out Natsu in one punch," Lucy muttered in fear. "Come on, Natsu, you got this."
Gajeel then attacked Natsu, who started to dodge his attacks again. Gajeel then kicked, sending a wave of wind toward Lucy, who had to hold her skirt down. Natsu then found an opening and landed a {Fire dragons: Iron fist} only for it not to affect. "That had to hurt," Gajeel teased as Natsu fell. "It's over," he head-butted Natsu into the ground and tried to smash his face in, but Natu jumped out of the way in time.
Natsu landed on the other side, "all right then," Natsu slammed his fists together. "I'm going to blow you away," Gajeel said, then assumed the same stance as he smiled at Natsu.
"Fire dragons."
"Iron dragons."
"what," Lucy asked in shock.
"He has a breath attack like Natsu," Happy asked as the two unleashed their attacks.
"Roar," they shouted in unison as the attacks collided, sending a colossal explosion that could be seen outside the giant Gajeel's flunkies laid out the ground, "I told you we should have run."
"I never said we shouldn't," Sue muttered.
Natsu fell to one knee; his body was scratched up, but he looked fine. On the other hand, Gajeel was completely unscathed. "It looks like there are some big differences between fire and Iron," Gajeel told him, "you could hit me with breath attacks until you run out of hot air, but one of my iron breath attacks can rip you to shreds."
"Natsu," Lucy murmured.
"Come on, take him," Happy said.
[##Fist of Flame ost##]
Natsu smirked, "I can't crack your armor, huh?" As soon as Natsu said that, a part of Gajeel's armor cracked, causing him to flinch, "I just don't breathe regular old fire!" As he shed his vest, Natsu shouted, "The fire dragon's roar destroys everything it touches." Natsu then ignited his fire as he stood up. "What do you say we quit playing around and get to the real fight?
Gajeel smirked as he let his magic power slip out two. "All right," he shouted as he ripped his shirt, scaring everyone in the room.
"they were just playing around before," Sue asked, her voice laced with fear as they two-faced off.
"they're some kind of monster," Boze asked as he picked up one of his guildmates.
"Yep, they're both dragon slayers, all right," Happy said.
"There, amazing," Lucy looked away with a light blush, "plus they were both practically half-naked too."
"Black steel, I'm ready when you are," Natsu told him.
"The sky ain't big enough for two dragons, Salamander," Gajeel told him, "so I'm going to have to take you down, Salamander."
Lucy swallowed another lump in her throat as the emblem on her hand started to glow; she watched tearfully as her friend fought for her future.
Outside, the Phantom soldiers gathered, formed a sizeable creepy ball, and attacked the fairy pub.
"what's it doing?" Cana shouted,
"shoot it down."
"Hurry"
[##Ankoku no Madoushi Ost##]
Natsu and Gajeel lunged at each other, causing a massive explosion as the two burst outside, shocking everyone in the room as they watched in awe.
"Woah"
"there flying."
Natsu and Gajeel came to a stop and started to attack each other brutally, sending punches to each other brutally; from a distance, their clash could only be seen as small explosions in the sky. Even then, it was barely visible as the two landed, smashing their heads together and sending shock waves throughout the head of the giant.
"what's going on up there?" Boze wondered as he saw the clash.
"Fireworks," Lucy numbered.
As the two clashed again, part of the giant fell in, scaring Lucy and Happy. "Now we gotta get out of here," Lucy screamed; everyone looked up in shock as Natsu stood over Gajeel.
"No way," Sue said in amazement, "is the beating Gajeel."
"No look," Boze told her. "Salamander is out of juice too."
Natsu let out a breath of tiredness when he saw Gajeel munching on something; he looked up in fear and saw that Gajeel was eating iron. "No fair man, you are eating," Gajeel mumbled something that sounded like 'so what.'
"he eats iron," Lucy asked in shock.
"I wonder if it tastes any good."
AS Gajeel finished this iron, a smile formed on his face. "No, I got a fire in my belly," he said, causing Natsu to get angry.
Gajeel then powered up, shocking Lucy, "where'd all this power come from," Lucy asked.
"Dragon slayers can replenish their strength by eating their Element," Happy told her."
"So Natsu needs to eat some fire," Lucy said.
"That would help," Happy told her, "but he can't eat his own fire; it has to be an outside source," Happy said.
"Damn it," Lucy panicked as she reached for her keys "shit," Lucy murmured as she remembered when Juvia was captured, she lost her keys.
"{Iron Dragon: Lance: Demon logs}" Natsu was punched to the ground by Gajeel and landed on the floor. Natsu struggled to stand up as Gajeel now held the advantage.
"All I have is the key for Sagittarius," Lucy said as she never took it out of her pocket, "but we don't have a contract." Lucy looked over to Natsu, who was struggling to stand. "There's no time I have to try," Lucy called out.
Outside, the fairy pub began to fall apart as the large Phantom ball attacked it relentlessly. Cana screamed as Macao held her back. "Let me go," Cana cried.
"Cana, there's nothing you can do," he told her as she tried to escape his grasp.
Back inside, Lucy got ready to summon Sagittarius. "I call upon thee in the world of the celestial. I beckon you to my side at once," Lucy said as quickly as possible. "{open gate of the archer: Sagittarius}
A man appeared from the smoke. He was in a giant horse costume and had a bow and arrow on his back. "You called my lady," he said, saluting towards Happy, who laughed.
"We don't have time," Lucy told him. "I need to know if you shoot fire."
"I'm sorry, I do not," Sagittarius said, causing Happy and Lucy to melt with shame.
Meanwhile, Nasu was backing up. "Lucy, you need to get back," Natsu told her as she dragged Sagittarius away before falling to her knees in shame.
"I feel so useless," she muttered.
"come on," Happy told her, "stay positive."
"yes, indeedy," Sagittarius told her, Saluting in the wrong direction.
"here it goes," Natsu's body lit up with fire. "{Fire dragons: sword horn}" Natsu rammed Gajeel in the gut, but the attack did nothing. Gajeel smiled as Nasu faltered.
"I got a fire in my belly," he snarled, "but where's yours," he said as he through Natsu to the ground, who screamed in pain, "try eating some iron," he shouted; he hit Natsu with a club and pushed Natsu into the ground and swung him around.
"that's brutal," Sue said.
"Gajeel crazy strong," Boze said.
"maybe just plain crazy."
Gajeel then threw Natsu away, and he landed on the ground. "I think I had my fun now; get lost."
Natsu landed on the ground, not moving. Lucy stepped back in shock. "No," she said, "Natsu, get up right now." Happy closed his eyes, and Natsu didn't move an inch.
Gajeel looked over. "Hey, looks like we're doing some redecorating," Gajeel said as Natsu managed to open his eyes, and to his horror, he saw the fairy pub start to crumble and break apart. Lucy and Happy watched helplessly as everyone began to run away from the building, then fell to the ground in the ruins of the rumble.
Gajeel let out a maniacal laugh as Nasu started to tear up. Memories of when Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna had first come to Magnolia filled his memories.
Flashback
[##fairy tail main theme ballad ver. ost##]
"Woah, this place is huge," a younger Natsu ran up to Mavis, who smiled at the young boy behind him. Mira, who had a sad look, was followed by Lisanna and Elfman. "I know," Lisanna asked.
"This is a place where people just like you come to be together," Mavis told the kids. "When you're old enough or strong enough, you'll be able to take jobs from here as well." She turned to Mira, who still looked sad.
"a place where no matter what you are," Mavis told her, "people will love you anyway."
Mira looked up as the group entered the building; Macao and Wakaba greeted them, "Hey, Mavis, your back," the two said, "Makarov was looking for ya."
The two looked to see children following her. "And who are the kids," Macao asked.
"oh there, young wizards," Mavis told them, "I decided to take them in."
"Are you sure about this?" Wakaba asked.
"Yeah," Mavis said, "these kids have been through enough pain," Mavis told them. "I want this to be a place where they can feel what it's like to be with people who care."
The two men looked at each other and smiled. "Well, they came to the right place," Macao said, "yep, Magnolia is the city to be."
Another memory flashed in Natsu's head as he looked over a paper, confused. "What's the matter, Dragon breath?" a voice called; he looked to see Mira walking up to him.
"a light blush formed on Natsu's cheeks. "I'm fine," he said as he stared at the paper.
Lisanna and Elfman appeared behind their sister, "Hey Natsu, what's that?" Elfman asked.
"Well, um," Natsu murmured as the realization hit Mira's face, and she laughed.
"don't tell me you can't read," Mira said at Natsu's expense.
"Mira, that's not nice."
"Well, it is kinda funny," Elfman admitted.
"Igneel taught me how to read," Natsu told them, his face full of anger. "It's just that I was never really good at it."
Mira stopped laughing and wiped a tear from her face before gripping the boy by the collar. "Well, I guess I'll give a refresher course."
"No, wait," Natsu screamed as he tried to escape. "Lisanna, Mavis, help me." Mira then started to teach Natsu how to read, and much to his surprise, she was nicer about it than he thought she would be in about a week. Natsu was reading and writing better than he was. The two would meet by a tree, and she would be given lessons. Lisanna and Elfman would often join them.
"thank Mira," Natsu told her as the group walked through town one day. "I can't wait to show Igneel when I find him."
Mira's smile faltered when Natsu brought up Igneel, and so did Elfman's and Lisanna's
noticing this. Natsu got worried. "What's wrong, guys," he asked.
"Hey Natsu," Lisanna murmured as they approached the pub, "when you find Igneel." Lisanna stopped, not wanting to finish the question.
"Are you going to leave," Mira asked coldly.
"that's stupid," Natsu said as the group looked at him. "Why would I leave my home," Natsu said, giving off a big grin. "Igneel would just have to move here; besides, I'm pretty sure he would love meeting you."
Another memory appeared as the building continued to collapse.
Natsu and Mavis sat on a stool. "So, have you been adjusting well," she asked the boy.
"Yeah," Natsu told her, "it was scary at first being around other people who look like me, but now it feels normal," he told her.
"so, would you like to stay," Mavis asked.
"yeah, and maybe one day I can help you out."
As the building finished collapsing, Natsu got up to his knees and remembered his time after coming here.
"Hey guys, look at this egg I found," Natsu shouted.
"It's been fun to play house with you," Lisanna said, "maybe one day I can be your real wife."
"what got you to think like that?" "
"It's so pretty," Lisanna said, grabbing Natsu's hand. "I wish we could stay like this forever," she asked, smiling.
"me too."
memories flooded Natsu's mind as he heard his friends cry at what he saw.
"he's like a bluebird of happiness," Lisanna told him.
"then we should name him Happy."
Natsu stood over Lisanna's grave. Mira and Elfman had been long gone. "I miss you," Natsu said, tears streaming.
Natsu started to get angry as more of his memories of the past month filled his mind.
"My name is Natsu dragneel," he told the girl before him.
"Oh, I'm Lucy," she said, smiling.
"I was looking for a bathroom," Gray shouted, and Natsu stared at each other.
"Whoever heard of a bathroom in the middle of the forest," Natsu called out, "and why'd you remove your clothes before you found one?
"I was hoping for some privacy," Gray told him. "I didn't expect an idiot to barge in."
Natsu then remembered how they went on the job, how they started getting along so well even though they only met the other day, and how they stopped Esinwald and Erigor's plot to use Lullaby.
[##dragon slayer theme ost##]
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to leave, though," Lucy cried as Natsu and Happy looked at her.
"no more running," Natsu told her, "cause we're your family now."
End Flashback
Natsu stood to his feet and faced Gajeel. "Natsu, no," Lucy cried, "don't do this," Lucy said.
"This ain't over," Natsu said, out of breath. "I'm still standing," he said, "and as long as I'm here, I won't let you hurt my friends anymore."
Gajeel laughed at Natsu's empty threat before picking him up with ease. "I'd love to see you try," he then threw Natsu against a battery and stomped on him, "It looks like your time is up."
"I can't watch this anymore."
"if he could eat some fire," Happy cried, "then he could kick his ass, no problem!" Happy shouted
"It's over," Gajeel said as he raised his Iron Dragon sword.
"wait just a minute," Sagittarius said as he pulled his arrows back. "It seems that I misunderstood your question," he said. "When I arrived here, you asked if I could shoot fire," he said, "However, I see that it's the fire itself was important. It doesn't matter if I can shoot it," he said, "so long as it's produced" Sagittarius then shot five arrows into the battery stopping Gajeel from killing Natsu causing an explosion which had the Gajeel jump away.
I don't believe it," Lucy said with pure joy, "you were able to make fire."
"To set machinery on fire... is merely child's play for my arrows..." Sagittarius bragged as Lucy wiped away her tears.
"you're an archery genius," Lucy told him.
"Well, I aim to please," Sagittarius said, saluting the wrong way again.
"If you want to Salute her, she's over here," Happy told him.
"That man-horse thing is getting in my way," Gajeel shouted as slurping could be heard.
The group turned to see Natsu eating all the fire; as he finished, he leaned over and shook his head. "What do ya know," Natsu said, smirking. "It looks like I have a fire in my belly. Thank a million, Lucy."
[##Fairy tail main theme##]
"eat all the fire you want," Gajeel shouted as he ran towards Natsu. "It still won't be enough to beat me," Gajeel said as he tried to land another attack. Natsu easily dodged and set a torrent of flames at him, pushing him back into a wall and shocking everyone.
"This is bad, you guys," Soe said.
"Lucy, Erza, Mira, Elfman, Cana, Gray, Mavis, Levy, Jet, Droy, Laki," Natsu said as fire swirled around him. "All my friends, they're why I'm still standing right now," he said.
"{Iron dragon: Roar}" Gajeel shouted. Natsu didn't flinch; he grabbed the attack and blew it aside, shocking Gajeel. "He stopped my breath attack," Gajeel said, backing up, "with his bare hands."
He walked towards Gajeel, his fire forming a dragon. "There, why I fight every day," he said, his eyes appearing as red dots from the flame. "I don't know how many more you have to hurt before you are satisfied, but it ends now."
"I can't lose," Gajeel said as he stepped forward. "I'm the strongest dragon slayer. There is not him; he's just scum."
"Cause messing with my friends," Natsu said as the fire grew in intensity,
"is the biggest mistake you've ever made."
To be continued
Lucy: what was ending right now?
Sagittarius: guess I will see you later, alligator.
Me: I'm friendly; the next chapter was posted with this one, and my brain is fried. I'll see you tomorrow.
Lucy: hey, Nasu Mira
Natsu and Mira: Yeah, Lucy
Lucy: what happens when Mavis reaches three?
Natsu: You don't want to know.
Mira: she's not the strongest wizard we know for nothing.
Next time: Master Mavis
Lucy: you're sure you're not overreacting?
Natsu: you say that now, but wait until you see her fight.
Mira: Natsu's right. It's the last thing you want to see.
Lucy: that bad