Kira signals her 4 armed men spread out in the small construction site.

The armed thugs then decide to split up one by one.

As Kira patiently awaits for some progress, Natsu crashes down in the scene.

"You just can't help but pull up at the most dramatic time, huh?" The unimpressed redhead says.

"Tch, well I had to speed up before things got interesting." Said the pink haired mage.

"Are you okay?" Natsu asked.

" I'll live, just remind me to steal some aspirin later after we finish."

Natsu smiles in relief for his friend, then puts on a serious face and glances all over the site and begins to sniff the air.

"He's close, somewhere up in that building." Natsu says, pointing up at the unfinished building near them.

Kira contacts her men, ordering them to check inside the building.

Natsu attempts to join them, but Kira stops him before he could take another step.

"Wait, what happened to you earlier?"

"Why did you hesitate?"

Though not too fond of Kira's question, he looks down in dread and reveals to her-

"That bear...it reminded me of my old friend before he died."

Kira feels disappointed, but she'd expect no less for a cartoon to feel for an animal as though it was a person. But she also remembered that some people are like that in real life as well.

"Kira, why do friends betray each other?"

Caught off guard by Natsu's question, Kira stays silent for a moment, but comes up with an answer.

"Simple; friends are still people and people are still shitty."

"And now they're shittier than ever now that people like you coexist with our kind."

Kira takes a look up at the clear blue sky, saying-

"Makes the future sound pretty bleak if you ask me...BUT if you stick with the Black Dragons, you'll live easy without having that kind of pressure."

"I don't know, that depends on how long father wants me here."

"That reminds me; who's your father again?"

Before Natsu can share what his name is, which started with an "O", it is interrupted by a blast and gunfire sounds from the building.

This forces Natsu to spring into action as he leaps inside the windowless window.


On the inside of the unfinished building, Star Lord manages to kill two of the armed thugs, with the remaining two attempting to fall back for cover near a stack of wooden boxes.

Natsu then enters the shootout and confronts the unfazed Star Lord.

Much to Natsu's surprise, the spaceman holsters his guns and runs towards the salamander.

Natsu however gladly accepts a close quarters fight anytime and runs his way toward the spaceman.

The fire dragon slayer prepares to swing at Star Lord with a left hook, but Star Lord evades it by sliding under him.

*BEEP-BEEP-BEEP*

Natsu looks down at a motion sensor bomb in between his legs then looks back up at Star Lord, who flips off before hopping out of the window.

BOOM!

With the salamander out of the way, the spaceman on the run is now home free and prepares to run back to his motorcycle.

But...

BOOM!

Natsu crashes through the wall of the first floor and whacks Star Lord across the face, sending him rolling to the muddy ground, stopping when his back hits the side of a forklift.

Star Lord slowly raises his head, his helmet is damaged with his left eye showing from the cracked eye piece.

The damage is something James Gunn would happily approve of, only he'd want the helmet to be completely destroyed and never shown again...But I yet again digress...

Quill is quite shocked that even for a cartoon, the bomb did next to no damage, completely unaware of Natsu's ability to eat and absorb fire.

The salamander can however feel shock waves from explosions, so it did do some damage, but nothing lethal due to his heavy durability; an extremely common capability that most of the characters from his universe share, some may even refer to it as "Heavy Plot Armor".

As the flat out pissed off Natsu walks his way toward the downed spaceman, he says-

"I've only known you for a few short minutes and I already can't stand you!"

"You hit and runners are the most cowardly types of fighters I've ever faced."

Kira prepares to join in along with the remaining two thugs, until-

DASH!

Tails yet again spin dashes Kira, this time from behind as her face hits the mud.

"What the hell are you still doing here!?" The weakened and flustered Star Lord asked.

Tails strikes a cool pose, similar to when Naruto saved him.

It seems as though a pattern is being formed with fox boys heroically helping people they hardly know in dangerous situations, only Tails has known Star Lord a little longer after bonding with him for a few minutes in helping him repair his tornado.

"Sorry, but I couldn't just leave you like this, not while I can still help."

After hearing such a brave statement, Natsu smirks and says-

"Heh, you got guts for a little cub!"

Natsu gets in a fighting stance, as does Tails.

"But I won't go easy just because you're a little talking bear."

"I'm a FOX, you brute!" Tails yells angrily.

With the showdown between fox and dragon slayer, we-

*FLING*

STAB!

Oh my...just before the chapter could close out, it is interrupted by Kira, who just flung one of her daggers in the mid abdomen of Tails.

Everyone is left speechless as Tails drops to the ground.

"NO!" Star Lord shouts-.

"A dead fox at that." The redhead says with a sadistic grin on her face.

Out of nowhere, a deep voice is heard.

"FINISH HIM!"

"Now gun it down!" Kira demands with her hand over her head.

It's possible the poor redhead has a migraine at this point.

One of the armed thugs points his AK-47 down on the poor fox.

Natsu stares down at Tails, but feels it's better this way, knowing he'll be put out of his misery soon enough.

The thug opens fire, but misses every shot when a throwing star is launched at his hand, making him shout in pain.

The throwing star was thrown by Naruto, who is accompanied by Sakura.

Both the ninja and fighter are quite furious after analyzing the situation when they see their fallen furry friend on the ground bleeding out.

"Animal abusing PUNKS! Sakura shouts, as she palms her fist, ready to beat the ass of anything that moves, Naruto on the other hand is even more pissed and shoots a glare at Kira when his eyes begin to turn red.

Kira feels might be intimidated by the blonde ninja, but she stands her guard while she pulls out a spare dagger.

"Ready to bust some heads, Naruto!?" Sakura asks, shifting to battle stance.

"That and more!"

Naruto leaps in the air preparing to dive his fist down on Kira.

"FIRE DRAGONS IRON FIST!"

BOOM!

Naruto's strike is interrupted with Natsu, who clashes his fiery fist with Naruto's bionic arm, creating a small shock wave!

The battle has now shifted from being between fox and fire dragon slayer to fox host and fire dragon slayer.

To further illustrate this, a stylized artistic image of Kurama and Igneel roaring at each other is seen as Naruto and Natsu give each other a deathly glare.