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35: Natsu VS Gajeel Part 2
Recap: Natsu could hear his friends somewhere to the left of him. "You mean to tell me that they were just playing this whole time?" He heard Harry say is shock. He guessed he couldn't blame him, after all the area looks like a warzone.
Gajeel's smirk is a little strain when he said, "The sky isn't big enough for two dragons. I'm going to strike you down, Salamander!"
Natsu and Gajeel started up the fight again by punching each other in the face, and this somehow caused a powerful shockwave. The two are throwing punches, kicks, and magic at the other like beasts. For crying out loud, they were even roaring!
Harry watched on with Castor slightly behind him in a form of protecting him from the fight, Lucy standing next to him, and Happy standing behind Lucy. To add on the protection Harry and the other stayed behind the sharp rock he formed much earlier on in the fight between the two dragon slayers.
They watched as Gajeel head-butted Natsu, making them winch as iron met skull, but Natsu returned it with his own head-butt. It broke through the iron scales and sent Gajeel a little away from him. The two paused to catch their breath from the onslaught of attacks they dealt to each other. Harry knows that Natsu is going to need fire if he wants to keep this up. So will Gajeel, but instead of fire it was… 'What is Gajeel doing?' Harry asked himself when he saw the iron dragon slayer bend down and rip a slab of iron off the ground. 'Wait…IRON!?' He just realized the problem with the floor. The whole thing was made of iron, which meant that Gajeel has a full supply of food when he needs it. Talk about fighting in one's territory.
After Gajeel wiped his mouth from the meal, he shouted out an attack that Harry didn't quite hear thanks to the sound of the wind, shockwave, and iron meeting flesh and bone. Gajeel's arm moved at lighting speeds, hitting Natsu in many different places.
"That's not fair! Natsu doesn't have anything to help him replenish his magic!" Lucy said while gritting her teeth together.
"We're going to need fire for Natsu to eat," Harry said.
"Yeah, but where are we going to find fire?" Happy asked hopelessly.
Lucy's face lit up with an idea, and she started digging through her pockets, but she didn't find her keys; she only pulled out the one she got from the S-class quest they did a little while back. She was looking at it sadly, but she shook her head and opened the gate that the key goes to.
A man in a horse costume while holding a bow and arrows came out from the magic circle on the ground. They were shocked by his appearance, but Lucy pushed it to the side and asked if he could make a fire. When he said no, Lucy lost hope.
Harry thought for a moment. He needed a small fire spell, but Columna Ignis took a bit of magic that he's not too willing to give up right now, because he needs it for his inevitable fight with Jose. Just then, he remembered of another fire spell he learned from the very first spell book he got from when he first awoke from his sealed state. The spell was not very powerful, but it was perfect for this situation.
Harry pointed his wand at Natsu and felt his magic pool around at the tip of it. When he was ready he called out, "Natsu, catch! Augue!" A fireball the size of a baseball was sent flying at Natsu. He grabbed it with his hand and quickly ate the flames off of the small rock. Once he consumed the last of the fire from the little stone, Natsu lit it on fire again and threw it at Gajeel's face with a ton of force. The fire ball hit the dragon slayer, cracking more of the scales on his face, making blood leak out.
The two dragons were back to being equally matched, but Gajeel pointed to the missing wall and said that Natsu should look out, because their guild hall isn't looking so good. Before Harry could stop him, Natsu looked out. He couldn't help but look too and saw just in time for the Fairy Tail guild to fall apart. This made Natsu furious and Harry worry for Gajeel. Gajeel should have known better than to anger Natsu. It may not be too common, but rage fuels fire. This works for every fire magic user, which is why they call them hotheads when they are quick to anger after all.
Now that Natsu is all nice and spitfire furious, he became a hurricane of fire. At one point during Natsu yelling at Gajeel, Harry thought it sounded demonic, and he thought he saw his eyes turn green, but he was too far away to tell, and the sound of the shouting could have just been the effect of the roar of the fire mixed in.
Natsu threw fire punch after fire punch, and then a giant ball of fire slamming into Gajeel, destroying a lot of the Phantom Lord guild hall. Harry wonders if Natsu did that on purpose. After a bit of thought, he decided that no, Natsu didn't, because if he did then it would look less destroyed, not 100% destroyed like how Fairy Tail likes it.
Once the smoke cleared up, Harry, Lucy, Happy, and Castor could see that Gajeel has been defeated.
They all rested for a little while, so Natsu and get a bit of his strength back. While recuperating, Natsu and Gajeel spoke about their dragons when they went missing. Harry wasn't paying attention; if he was he would have heard that the two dragons disappeared at the same time. After they were done resting they left to find Jose. They walked for a bit before Natsu asked, "Where is Fawkes?"
Harry made a pensive face before replying, "I don't know. He should have made it back to me some time ago."
"Why didn't he just teleport?" Castor asked.
Harry shook his head. "He couldn't use his flames at the time. I'm sure he could now though."
"But wouldn't that mean he could teleport to us now? Why isn't he?" Happy was the one to ask a question next.
"He probably ran into something," Harry guessed.
They kept walking till they came across the room that Harry fought Aria, but it would seem that there is another fight happening in the room. Erza is in her black wing armor fighting Jose. They also found Fawkes.
'There you are, Fawkes,' Harry said, but he doesn't think Fawkes heard him, because he didn't reply. He can see why, Fawkes is helping Erza in her fight.
Harry looked back at the others, and when his eyes landed on Castor, he remembered why he wanted to kick Jose's backside. He gritted his teeth together, and with narrowed eyes he called out, "Erza, back off! Jose is mine!"
TBC
Natsu defeated Gajeel, and Harry is about to fight Jose. Yes, I know I'm evil for doing this, but I need to give you guys something to look forward to. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be back for New Years. Well, I'll be working on the fanfic again like normal starting then.
Natsu: Well, that's good. I'm glad that I at least got my fight! XD
Zeref: Of course you are. :)
Enj/Dark: I'm just glad I'm almost done this arc. I'm not the biggest fan of it.
Voldy: So you must not really like an arc if you're skipping it.
Enj/Dark: Edo is indeed my least favorite, but there will come a time I will write for it, but it will be just a Fairy Tail fanfic, not a crossover.
Harry: I think I can see why, but I don't fully understand it.
Enj/Dark: I might do a one-shot – or rather spin off – fanfic where you're in Edo. But I'm not sure…
Zeref: What are you thinking about?
Enj/Dark: *whispers* I was thinking that he wasn't sealed within the thing like in the beginning of this story, but he is still alive because he is the Master of Death; however, then I thought he might be dead, so there will be an opposite difference between them.
Voldy: You could have just made him evil.
Enj/Dark: *jump from surprise* Don't do that! DX For your information, can you see Harry evil and you good? That is what I would have to do if I did that.
Voldy: O_O Never mind, forget I said anything.
Enj/Dark: Good. Natsu?
Natsu: Please review! XD
