"You…" Nasir grunted after Wendy's initial attack, pulling himself from the wall with an angered expression. "How dare you defile the name sky dragon's…"
"Don't trash talk the little girl, destroy her!" Gaius exclaimed.
"Kick his ass Wendy!" Natsu grinned.
"I will, Natsu-san…" Wendy responded with a short nod. "Clear the way." The others nodded, making space for Wendy and Nasir to do battle. Once everyone was safe, Wendy darted forward once again, using her incredible speed to appear behind Nasir, aiming a kick to his back. A direct hit, which sent him staggering forward; Wendy then appeared at his front, arms already spread apart. "Sky Dragon's Wing Slash!" Throwing her arms down, an incredibly strong hurricane consumed Nasir, sending him spiraling in the air before he caught himself.
"Impudent…" Nasir grunted while righting himself in the air, inhaling a large amount of air before throwing his head forward, releasing a Sky Roar in Wendy's direction. It was twice the size of what she could ever hope to muster up, and it came in so fast it swallowed her whole, blowing her away with a yelp of pain.
"That's the same move he got her with last time…!" Lucy gasped.
"Wendy!" Carla shouted in worry.
"She'll be fine…" Erza reassured with a soft smile.
Wendy caught herself quickly, landing on the ground on her feet; she then lunged forward, crossing her arms as she flew past Nasir. "Sky Dragon's Whirlwind!" Right as she past Nasir, a whirlwind suddenly erupted, and caught the sky dragon within its grasp, roughly trashing him around before he hit the floor in a dazed state.
"Whoa, this kid is somethin' else…" Mii said while securely taking hold of the unconscious Cynthia. "You're a little crazy too, you know that…? What were you thinking…?" Mii's gaze then landed on Cynthia's shoulder, causing her brows to furrow. "…What happened to you…?"
Nasir shook his head, looking up only to see Wendy was just above him, slamming her wind covered heel into the back of his head, causing him to roll forward until he righted himself and stood back on his feet. "You're an annoying child!" Using his heightened senses, he caught Wendy attempting to attack him from the side, but the white haired dragon swung his large leg just as Wendy attacked, catching her off guard and sent her into the wall. "Raging Whirlwind." Before Wendy could pry herself from the wall, a vicious hurricane immediately shot up around her; revenge for the technique she just pulled. "Do you really think a child can defeat a dragon!?"
Wendy collapsed onto the ground, but she was quick to push herself up despite the heavy injuries. Battling with a dragon wasn't easy, especially for her, but she had to win. Cynthia gave her this chance and she wasn't going to waste it. "You won't beat me again…" Wendy growled while crouching down, lunging forward but instead went into the air. "Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Her downward kick sent a powerful gust of wind towards Nasir, locking him down to the ground against his wishes. Wendy then landed, latching onto his bulky arm with a dark expression on her face. "You broke Cynthia's arm…so it's only fair I do the same thing to you, right…?" In one fluid motion, Wendy used her strength and bent Nasir's arm with such speed it nearly snapped, causing the dragon to let out a roar of pain. The fact Wendy resorted to such an action caught everyone off guard. Wendy wasn't so ruthless as to actually break someone's arm, but she was in the mood to make him feel like she would.
"That little girl is vicious…" Takeru commented while rubbing his arm.
"Wendy..." Carla knew what was going on. Wendy was being a more aggressive than usual, but that did not mean she was cruel. She knew Wendy was going to heal him afterwards.
"ENOUGH!" Nasir roared, his eyes taking that reptilian form. He threw Wendy off of him while the wind around became intense. "I've had enough, I will strike you down where you stand, daughter of that Sky Dragon…" Gathering the wind in his good arm's palm, focusing it completely in his hand, Nasir pulled back. "Furious Winds." Throwing his hand forward, a massive cyclone of wind that threatened to take Wendy out in one shot raced towards her at incredible speeds.
"Look out, Wendy!" Lucy warned.
"It's fine…" Wendy replied while twisting her body slightly, the wind around her body picking up as a light surrounded her form. A magic seal appeared under her body, walls of wind appearing around her in a counterclockwise motion. "As I said before…the air in this space is mine to control…" The wind Nasir used to strike slowly died down, now converging with Wendy's to amplify the strength of her next attack. "I've used your wind before…back when we were fighting on the ship, it's how I took out your underlings…and now it's how I'll defeat you.' Wendy spoke as a large cyan magic seal appeared before her being. "Secret Art: Shattering Light: Sky Drill!" From the seal, a massive beam of 'light' shot out, destroying everything in its path; first, Nasir was completely consumed by the beam that shot out of the castle and flew off into the distance, nearly reaching the other side of the island. When it faded, Nasir collapsed with his eyes white. He had been defeated.
"She did it!" Happy jumped for joy.
"She knocked out a dragon! Incredible…" Makarov was proud to say the least.
"Impressive, kid…" Mii let out an exhale as Cynthia smiled in her unconscious state.
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"Don't tell me they're getting all the fun!" Gajeel complained upon hearing all the sounds coming from the throne room just up ahead. "How'd they even get ahead of us?! I'm getting sick of them stealing all the glory…"
"I can only wonder what went on in there…" Mirajane said while tilting her head. Meanwhile, Levy managed to tie Venoma up with some Solid Script after everyone else wore her down. It was a group effort.
"Whatever is was I'm sure they can handle the rest!" Lisanna nodded. "We just had to do our part and take care of this one!" She acted pretty proud that they took down a dragon, although Venoma did wear them all out considerably. Even Sidney, who was there, had noticable signs of damage along his body.
"This isn't fair! Release meeeee!" Venoma cried out comically, tears flowing from her eyes like a river as she desperately tried to free herself. "I'm just a cute dragon, I did nothing wrong! Gaius made me do it!"
"Is that really what you're going with now?" Cygnus said with a deadpanned expression.
"Cry me a river." Jaxon rolled his eyes.
"..." Sidney didn't say anything. "We were lucky she didn't transform." In fact, now that he thought about it, no dragon they encountered thus far actually entered a full draconic state. But considering the battle was nearly over, he wasn't going to complain about that little detail.
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"Whew…" Wendy exhaled, returning to normal and collapsed onto her hands and knees.
"Hmph…" Gaius stood from his seat. What a show that was, but ultimately Nasir's defeat was disappointing after his grandstanding. "If you want something done right, you'll have to do it yourself…" He inhaled before spewing a plume of fire towards the exhausted Wendy. Just before they hit, Natsu stepped in the way, inhaling the flames completely before gagging.
"Ugh, those tasted horrible…" Natsu said while wiping his mouth, now smirking towards Gaius. "But thanks for the meal anyway…I was feeling a little famished…"
"Wha…Who are you!?" Gaius questioned while Erza lifted Wendy up and carried her to the sidelines.
"Natsu Dragneel." Natsu pounded his fist together, flames erupting from his body. "Fairy Tail wizard, dragon slayer…and the son of Igneel." As soon as he uttered that last part he leapt forward with flames around his fist. "Fire Dragon's Firing Hammer!" Thrusting his hand fist forward, Natsu slammed it against Gaius' face and suddenly a large beam of fire followed after, sending Gaius rocketing into his throne.
"Agh…" Gaius grunted before shaking his head. "Son of Igneel? The King of Fire Dragon's…?" He couldn't believe this…if that was true, then… "Your flames still won't burn me, for I am a fire dragon myself." Gaius swiped his hands forward, creating a wall of flame to appear at Natsu's feet causing the Salamander to jump back just from the urgency of it. Gaius used this time to leap forward and attack Natsu while he was distracted, but a large wall of ice halted him in his place, causing him to slam against it. "Guh!?"
"Fire doesn't work, huh? Then let's try ice…" Gray smirked while activating his Devil Slaying magic once again, this time inhaling. "Ice Devil's…RAGE!" Throwing his head forward, Gray released a large torrent of ice in Gaius' direction.
"Ice of a demon? You honestly don't believe that will stop me, do you?!" Gaius threw his flaming arms forward, causing the ice to halt against his being. He struggled against it slightly, sliding back until his back hit the wall of ice.
From behind the wall of ice, Natsu was safely preparing his next attack. It was like he and Gray were coordinating their next attacks without even communicating. "Fire Dragon's…" Leaping high above the rampart of ice, both of Natsu's feet were surrounded in flames. "Talons!" Swinging his legs down, Natsu landed right on Gaius' head with a flaming axe kick, which forced Gaius to recoil, and resulted in Gray's attack to consume him and sent him through the wall of ice. Natsu then landed next to Gray, sharing a smirk with his half clothed rival.
"Flame of Kings…" Gaius uttered, causing a sudden explosion of fire to consume Natsu and Gray. It was so fast Natsu had little time to react and eat it, so he was sent rolling along the floor with Gray until he caught himself.
"I hope that wasn't all you got…" Natsu winced slightly with all his previous battle damage catching up to him, but he was still roaring to keep fighting.
"Because we're just getting started…" Gray continued with a smirk; he then extended his arm out, causing an icy burst to occur at his side. "Freeze!"
Natsu did the same, extending his arm to cross over Gray's as flames appeared by his side. "Burn!" Ice and flame wrapped together, shooting towards Gaius at an incredible speed. Natsu and Gray's unison raid: Flaming Bolt of Ice.
"Fire and Ice!?" Gaius gasped before crossing his arms, allowing the unison raid to strike him directly. Its strength was something else, causing him to slide across the ground a few feet with a grimace. "You humans are more irritating than I could've possibly imagined…" Gaius uncrossed his arm and began breathing heavily. Each breath caused flames to briefly protrude from his lips, causing Natsu and Gray to go on guard. Gaius reared his head back and inhaled, a large vortex of flame appearing around his lips. "Blast….BURN!" Throwing his head forward, the fire dragon unleashed a massive beam of fire that incinerated the very air it travelled across, hurtling directly towards Natsu and Gray.
Gray stepped forward, a chilling aura appearing around his hands. No words were needed as he held off the incoming Blast Burn with his own frozen aura. "Natsu!"
"I got it!" Natsu nodded and leapt forward, lightning now surging around his body while Gray used all his might and froze most of the Blast Burn, the rest of it scorching his body and sending him back, but Natsu had a clear shot. "Roar…" Flames and Lightning gathered around his mouth as he inhaled, closing the distance between himself and Gaius rapidly. Once he was in point blank range, it was over. "OF THE LIGHTNING FLAME DRAGON!" Opening his mouth, Salamander unleashed a massive funnel of flames and lightning that consumed Gaius, shooting out of the castle like Wendy's attack and travelled on for miles before dying down. When the attack cleared, Gaius was just like Nasir, lying on the ground out cold.
"They did it…" Selene was highly impressed at the show of teamwork. "That was the dragon Dhegensea was worried about…?"
"I could've done that…" Takeru huffed. "They went down so easily!"
"Heh…" Natsu chuckled while giving Gray a high five. "And that's why ya don't underestimate Fairy Tail, you bastard."
"They did go down pretty easy, huh?" Mii tilted her head. How strange. She did expect Dragons to be a bit stronger, but in the end, the Dragon slayers were able to pull their weight. Maybe that was to be expected...
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By the sounds of things, it looked like the humans won. "Well…" Drake sighed and turned around. "Guess I better get out of here before things end up getting sticky…" Once he turned, he spotted Aira, Juvia, Luke, Waiston (still in Frozen Sky) and Kuro in front of him.
"And just where do you think you're going? You're a walking infection, and I can't let that linger on this island." Aira said with wind gathering around her palms.
"And I'm a dragon slayer who's been bored with the rag dolls outside…" Waiston had a malicious grin on his lips as the temperature continued to drop; he was so focused on Drake he forgot about everyone else.
"Shit…" Drake gulped, backing into the diamond wall that was used to block him off from Selene, Takeru, and Cynthia. Before he knew it, they pounced upon him. Drake had nothing to defend himself with, and he was knocked unconscious rather quickly.
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"…I guess we had nothing to worry about." Laxus said while crossing his arms.
"I knew we'd come out on top!" Freed said with a smug grin.
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"Heh…" Dhegensea stared off into the distance with a smile. "It is as written…"
"Is it over…?" Kurthnaga questioned his father.
"Did they win!?" Ena questioned while nearly riding Kurthnaga's shoulders.
"Of course," Dhegensea nodded to Kurthnaga and Ena, though he didn't face them. There was a small grin on his lips, but it was far from a pleasant smile. It may have been over…but something else was about to begin. "As fate foretold, our Island has been saved by the Heroes spoken of. Now, it is time for us to give them a proper celebration to show our gratitude, don't you agree?"
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Gaius and his subordinates have been defeated! A war has been averted…but there is still a cloud of darkness looming overhead. The Fairy Tail and White Eclipse mages return back to the castle with their captives in tow to celebrate their victory without this in mind.
Next time: The Truth.