It is the fight between Natsu, Laxus, and Gajeel. It is a really great fight – the real one – so I'll only add bits of my own moves in with the real fight. That way I'm not full on copying it. I can't recreate the awesome fights and hope to make them better. I'm still learning how to make great fight senses, and copying these kinds are helping… I think.

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Natsu heard Erza leave the Cathedral, not daring to take his eyes off of the S-Class lightning mage. Natsu started to stretch out his arms, getting them warmed up to the fight ahead.

"I have been waiting to have a real fight with you, Laxus," said Natsu with a cocky grin.

Laxus scuffed, "Real fight or not, you're still going to lose like all the other times you've challenged me."

Natsu's grin has not left his face, "We'll see about that!" His cheeks puffed up from sucking the air in. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" He breathed out while moving his head in an arc, causing the fire to spread and not just in a straight line. After the dust cleared a little, Natsu said, "I'll be the one to defeat you, Laxus."

Natsu threw a punch out with flames covering his fist. He also got ready with his other fist, this one bare.

"You see it too, don't you, Natsu?!" Laxus shouted out. "You see just what a sorry state the guild is in?!" He blocked both of Natsu's attacks by forming a big ball of lightning, which Natsu backed away from after getting zapped.

While there was a pause, Laxus looks over to see how much time is left before the Thunder Palace went off. The runes said: One minute and thirty seconds remain until the activation of the Thunder Palace. "What is the old man playing at?!" yelled Laxus frustratingly. "Does he not care what happens to the town?!"

"Don't get so worked up, Laxus," said Natsu, who has recovered from the shock he got from the lightning ball. "It's not like anything is going to happen. What good does it do you to destroy the town? You're getting all worked up because you want to stop this thing yourself, right?" he finished saying with a grin on his face. He saw that Laxus was also looking a bit edgy. "Don't worry. Erza will take care of that." Natsu charged forward with his fist once again lit up in bright red fire all the while shouting furiously, "It's not that easy to keep up an act, is it, Laxus?!"

Laxus gritted his teeth, but he still looked freaked out. "Don't get cocky with me!" he said while creating a small ball of lightning in his palm. He threw it at Natsu, who dodged out of the way. The fire dragon slayer brought his hands up above his head while holding whips of fire.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" He brought his arms down, striking Laxus who blocked the worst of the blow with his arms. The lightning mage looked over at the timer and saw that there is 45 seconds left before the Thunder Palace blew up the town. Natsu, seeing an opening, kicked Laxus in the side of his head. "Nothing is going to happen!" he said confidently.

"Shut up!" growled Laxus. Not long after Laxus said this, both he and Natsu heard an explosion. Laxus looks over to the timer, only to see that it said that the Thunder Palace is out of order. He was shocked to see this, but Natsu can see a small sliver of relief in the man's eyes.

With a grin, Natsu said, "See, what did I tell ya? I told you Erza could handle it." He sees Laxus' body start to shake, from rage or something else, Natsu didn't know. "You really think this guild needs changing so bad? We're all part of the same group. How's a guy who doesn't try to be part of that group supposed to be Master, huh, Laxus?!"

Laxus' body started shaking even worse, and Natsu found out that it was due to rage, because he exploded with lightning. The lightning mage glared at Natsu with bolts coming from his eyes and mouth while he replied, "Through force," calmly.

Natsu had to block the shockwave from the power coming off of Laxus' magic with his arms. He glared before saying, "Give it up already, Laxus! Fairy Tail will never belong to you!"

Still deathly calm, Laxus replied, "Oh, it will… Yes. I should never have tried to bargain in the first place." His lightning became stronger and brighter with his anger. "I should have just relied on this power of mine from the beginning! This ultimate power is the true core of my identity!" he declared loudly.

Natsu rushed forward with a flaming fist thrown back to deliver a powerful blow. "Then I guess I'll just have to crush that power! You'll finally give this up then, Laxus!" He thrust his fist straight at Laxus' face. "Fire Dragon's iron fist!" The attack landed, but it didn't seem to phase the lightning mage all that much.

With a grin, Laxus said, "You'll be the first…" he started to chuckle. He looked up at Natsu with a wild look in his eyes which caught Natsu off guard enough that he didn't see Laxus push his hand forward and zapping him, sending him back. "Come and try me, Natsu! I'll take everything you throw at me!"

Natsu cried out in pain due to the blow from Laxus' hand, but also being thrown away by the lighting. He flew up in the air and landed back down on a higher platform within the room. Laxus charges at him while cackling like a madman. He brought his knee up to Natsu's jaw, making the fire mage fall back again.

Laxus slammed his fist, foot, and the side of his hand in a karate chop all to Natsu's face. Natsu was able to regain his bearings and landed on a pillar. He looked up to Laxus and saw him doing something with his lightning. The blond-haired mage swiped his hand in an arc to fire the lightning bolt at Natsu, who was unable to dodge the attack on time.

Natsu crashed on the ground, but slid on his hand to stop and stand back up. "You really are tough, aren't you?" he said shakily. As his luck would have it, Natsu's body decided to cave in at that moment, forcing him back down to the ground and watch what Laxus is doing, which could be anything but good.

Laxus had his fist up in the air while power built up around him. "Resounding through the air, the roar of thunder… Plunge from the heavens and reap destruction!" Lightning is crackling through the air and surrounding Laxus. Natsu tried to get back up so he could dodge the powerful attack, but his body wouldn't move. "Raging Bolt!" he brought his fist down as he cast the spell.

There was an explosion where the bolt of lightning hit, causing dust and debris to fly everywhere. Once it all cleared away, Natsu was nowhere to be seen. Laxus started to chuckle a bit before saying, "Natsu, who is the strongest man in the guild?" he began to laugh insanely. "I guess you can't answer when you've been blown to bits!"

"Weren't… you guys supposed to be friends?" a voice said from behind Laxus. He turned to face the one to interrupt him, and saw that it was the new member of Fairy Tail, Gajeel. "And yet you're standing there laughing about killing him. You really have lost it." Laxus was surprised at what he was seeing, not only was this guy questioning his sanity, but he was also holding onto a very alive Natsu. "Not that you have succeeded or anything. Taking this guy out is my job." Gajeel dropped Natsu after saying this, still facing forward at Laxus.

"Oh look, a new victim," said Laxus with that wild look never leaving his eyes. "It doesn't matter what you try! All who stands before me shall be reduced to nothing!"

Natsu slowly sat up and said to Gajeel, "I'll handle Laxus, you stay back."

Gajeel, not bothering to look down at the fire dragon slayer, said, "I have a personal grudge to settle with this guy; however, he has the strength of a true monster. He is, after all, Makarov's own flesh and blood." He gritted his teeth together as if to hold in his wounded pride. "We may not like it, but we hardly have a choice. We'll have to fight him together." Natsu stared at Gajeel in shock, allowing his eyes to go wide.

"I work with you?! Not going to happen! I can take him on myself!" Natsu shouted angrily.

"Take a look…is that really the Laxus you know?" Gajeel pointed out, and Natsu did look. Laxus may have been power-hungry, but this guy… he looked like a beast that that hasn't been fed in years. "That is an enemy of the guild! We have to stop him here and now! The guild must be protected!" said Gajeel, sounding like a true Fairy Tail member. "Thanks to the Thunder Palace, everyone else is out for the count. Do you have any idea what will happen if we don't stop him?!"

Natsu didn't say anything at first, but when he looked back up to Gajeel he said, "You…protecting the guild?"

"Destroying it, protecting it, it's my choice, alright!?" Gajeel snapped back.

Natsu grinned, "I thought there wasn't room for two dragons in the sky, hmm?"

"Maybe not, but with all this thunder around, they sky isn't fit for flying."

"This is a one-time thing, alright?"

"Darn right it is! I'm going to settle things with you one of these days!"

Gajeel and Natsu both charged forward into the battle ahead. "Let's go!" Natsu threw a kick while his foot is covered in flames, and Gajeel sent out a punch with his fist over in iron dragon scales right for Laxus. Laxus blocked all of their attacks with his own fists and arms; not even a spark of fire got through.

Lightning coated Laxus' hand, which he used to shock Natsu, pushing him back into Gajeel like he was a bowling ball being thrown at a bowling pin. Luckily for Gajeel he saw Natsu coming and was able to push the fire dragon slayer over and behind him.

Natsu seemed to understand what Gajeel was trying to do, so he inhaled deeply. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" He used his roar to propel Gajeel's iron dragon's club. Alas, their effort wasn't good enough, because Laxus jumped over it.

"Iron Dragon's Sword!" Gajeel swiped his spiked cover sword arm at Laxus, but missed again. Laxus jumped from broken bits of pillar. He sent out small balls of lightning at Gajeel, and a few of them hit their mark.

Laxus heard a roar from Natsu, who was running of a wall to meet him in the air. Laxus looked at him annoyed. Natsu held his hands above his head and said, "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" The blast was strong enough to push Laxus back down toward Gajeel, whose arm has been turned into a spear.

"Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" Laxus was incapable of dodging any of Gajeel's attacks, and so fell back onto the ground. Natsu and Gajeel met eyes, silently agreeing on their next attack.

The two dragon slayer inhaled while saying, "Iron Dragon's/Fire Dragon's… Roar!" The two breath attacks were heading straight for Laxus. When they hit the ground where Laxus lay caused a huge explosion.

At first, Natsu and Gajeel thought they got Laxus, but as the smoke cleared they saw the shadow of the lightning mage still standing. "That's all you got?" asked Laxus. The two dragon slayers couldn't believe their eyes or ears. "So this is the magic of dragon slayers…"

"Impossible!" Gajeel shouted in disbelief. "How did he not go down?!"

"That's simple," Laxus said. "Grandfather always told me to shut up about this little detail. Now I can show you just how special I am." Laxus opened his mouth, making both Natsu and Gajeel start to sweat a little.

"He's bluffing…right?" said Natsu while seeing lightning magic in the back of Laxus' throat.

"He's got to be…" agreed Gajeel seeing what Natsu is, as well as what looks like dragon scales forming on the mage's arms.

"Lightning Dragon's…" Laxus started to say, shocking the two other dragon slayers in the room. Natsu tried to stop him, but it was too late. "Roar!" A huge beam of lightning came flying at them. There was nowhere to go, so the attack slammed into them.

As the dust cleared again, Natsu and Gajeel were on the broken ground coughing, gasping, and groaning. Natsu tried to move, but he realized that he couldn't, and it wasn't just due to pain; he was paralyzed.

"You're still alive?" said Laxus, who started moving toward them. "I'll finish it. You too, Erza, Mystogan, gramps, and everyone in the guild… I WILL EXTERMINATE YOU ALL!" Laxus' magic explodes out of his body, reminding Natsu of the master's own power. Laxus set his hands in front of him, forming a ball of energy.

Natsu recognized the stance, and became very worried. "Laxus, stop!" he called out, but Laxus wasn't hearing any of his pleas. "Laxus!" Natsu tried again, but still he got nothing except for a door banging open.

"Stop right now, Laxus!" Natsu turned as much as he was allowed to see that the one who came in demanding was Levy. "The master is…your own grandfather… He's on his death bed!" Levy finally said with tears streaming down her cheeks.

Laxus was snapped out of his crazed state, but he didn't do much else. Natsu and Gajeel were both shocked and horrified at this new information.

"So please! Just stop this! Just go and see him!" Levy continued urgently.

Natsu couldn't believe what he was hearing. 'Gramps is dying?' he thought.

Laxus still didn't say anything or even stopped what he was about to do.

"LAXUS!" shouted Levy desperately. This snapped Laxus out of his shock, but the insane, wild look reappeared in his eyes.

"Well that suits me just great! Looks like my chances of becoming master went up again," he said, making Levy cry more and the two dragon slayers angry. Natsu struggled to force his way up, but he's not getting far at all.

Laxus cackled, "Die, Fairy Tail! I'll build you up again from scratch! A guild that will never lose! That'll make everyone tremble in fear! I'll make the ultimate guild!"

Levy cried out in denial, and Natsu growled at Laxus. "What about Harry? Everyone knows that you have a soft spot for him! Do you see him as an enemy too?!" Natsu demanded.

"Harry will be fine…" Laxus said with madness. "He's powerful, and I'll make sure he grows into it… even if I have to beat it into him!" He clapped his hands together. "Fairy Law!" A bright, golden light surrounded everyone in all of Magnolia. Natsu and the rest shielded their eyes from the brightness, fearing the worst. When the light died down, Laxus was panting for the usage.

He looked up, believing he surpassed his grandfather, but he stopped his excitement when he saw that his enemies were still moving. "No…that's impossible…" he said in shock. "Why?! Why are you not dead!?"

"You okay?" Gajeel asked Levy, who just finished coughing the dust out of her lungs.

"I'm fine…What about Natsu?" asked Levy.

"…He looks alright."

"What in the world is going on?! How could anyone survive an attack of that magnitude?!" demanded Laxus anxiously.

"The guild members…and the entirety of the town's people are safe," a voice said from the entryway of the Cathedral.

"Freed?!" shouted Laxus, but he went ignored for the most part.

"Not a single person has been harmed," continued Freed.

"That's just not possible! My Fairy Law was perfect!"

"It's your heart, Laxus. Your power and magical abilities aren't the only things…that you inherited from the master. You also have his heart that cares for your comrades. Fairy Law only affects those whom the user recognizes as his enemies. Do you understand what I'm saying, Laxus? You can't lie to your magic. You care deep down for all the people who live here. That is how you truly feel."

Laxus looks furious, but there was a hint of rejection. "No! Anybody who gets in my way is an enemy!"

"Just give it up, Laxus. Just go to the master."

"I don't care what happens to that old fart! I am myself! I'm not his grandson; I'm Laxus!"

"We all know that…" Natsu said while slowly getting back up along with steam coming off of him. "Don't get all big-headed on us, idiot. So what if you're the old man's grandkid? Does that make you special? So different?" With a vain throbbing in his forehead, Natsu shouted, "Don't you get hung up over some stupid blood relation! The guild is the only family we need!"

"How could you understand…?" said Laxus dangerously low.

"Do we have to understand you to be your comrades?" Natsu charged forward with an Iron Fist ready to swing. "We reach out our hand to one another to get past that, Laxus!"

Laxus is in the same position as Natsu with a fist covered in lightning cocked back behind him. "SHUT UP, NATSU!"

TBC


I was going to finish the arc in this chapter, but then I realized that this fight is one of the longest. If I did try to finish the arc here, this would have been updated next Friday. I didn't want to do that to you guys.

Harry: I didn't think you would have mentioned me at all in this chapter.

Natsu: She got you in there somehow though.

Harry: Yeah, with the threat to beat me.

Enj/Dark: Sorry about that, Harry. I needed to try and stay in Laxus' character. He is not an easy person to write, another reason why I had to copy the fight. After he's beat, he'll be a bit easier to understand and write.

Zeref: Isn't he gone for the most part?

Natsu: Yeah he is. We'll see him again at Tenrou.

Enj/Dark: As well as two of our favorite dark lords.

Voldy: I don't have to wait that long to show up again, do I?

Enj/Dark: Umm… *looks at notes.* No we see you in the next chapter. After that then yeah, we're waiting that long… I think? You might show up again before that.

Harry: Who's the other dark lord?

Zeref: You'll just have to wait and see.

Natsu: It will not be someone you would expect.

Voldy & Harry: There is going to be a curve ball in that arc isn't there?

Natsu: For you guys, yes.

Enj/Dark: Please review! ^-^