Ice Dragon Slayer/Chapter 42: Fire Dragon vs Flame God

Hades continued to stare at his battleship parked in the shallow waters of Tenrou Island, his dark cape and the Grimoire Heart flag planted next to him blowing in the wind.
"I wasn't expecting to reunite with my old friend, Makarov. While it's unfortunate, if we want to be victorious, we have no choice but to annihilate the Fairy Tail guild. For once they're out of the way, we can pursue our true objective: Finding Zeref."
Hades glanced over his shoulder and looked up at the Tenrou Tree. "Godspeed, Seven Kin of Purgatory. I await your good news."
----Meanwhile, SpaceGodzilla was sitting in his dark, empty chamber on the Grimoire Heart Airship with his eyes closed, as if he was meditating. In reality, he was focusing on the locations of his fellow Earth Conquerors, though it was slightly difficult due to the high amount of magic power Tenrou Island was giving off. However, he could faintly sense some of his comrades making their move and couldn't help but smirk a little.
'I see the others have already engaged some of the Earth Defenders and those bothersome humans, not that it will change anything.' he though to himself. 'I created this army to match the strength and ferocity of those other foolish Kaiju. And even if they do end up being defeated, I still of one last ace up my sleeve.'
His grin got even wider. 'Accept it brother, your faction is done for. While you and the rest of your comrades may be powerful in their own right, my forces will utterly crush you and those filthy humans you had the audacity to join with.'
His train of thought was interrupted by the door of his chamber opening and Battra entering.
"Pardon my intrusion, sir." He apologized. "If I may ask, why did you truly insist I remain here on the ship?"
SpaceGodzilla opened his eyes and looked at him. "I needed you here in the case of any sort of...treachery."
Battra looked at him with slight surprise. "Treachery? Why would you believe that? Do you suspect Grimoire Heart might plan on double-crossing us?"
"I would make sense, wouldn't it?" The crystalline beast said. "After all, who is to say that they won't immediately turn on us when they do end up finding their precious Zeref. We need to be prepared should that moment ever come to be."
After thinking it over for a moment, the black moth nodded before walking out. "I understand, sir."
SpaceGodzilla waited until the door closed before closing his eyes and smirking again.
'Lets see how you can fight your way out of this one...my dear brother.'
----Gabara stood in front of Gray and Cana's group with a smug grin. "Now then, how about we just skip the intro's and jump straight to the fun part! The part where I kick your asses! Gahahahahaha!"
Gray rubbed his ears. "Ugh, that laugh is making my ears bleed."
"No kidding." Cana said. "Just looking at him makes me wanna hurl."
"I CAN STILL HEAR YOU!" Gabara roared before looking up at the goat man watching from his high perch. "Yo, Caprico! Just leave these jokers to me, got it?!"
"I was already considering that anyway." Caprico replied calmly. "I will leave them in your hands."
Gabara grinned. "I guess I can rely on you Seven Kin of Purgatory guys after all. It makes me kinda wonder where Grimoire Heart dug you guys up anyway."
Lucy looked confused. "The Seven what? What the heck does that mean?"
"Grimoire Heart has six more wizards just as strong as him?" Cana asked.
Loke, for some reason, couldn't seem to take his eyes off the dark mage observing them. "Caprico..."
"Hey! If you grimy humans are done gawking, lets get ready to rumble!" Gabara shouted as he got into a fighting stance.
Gray, Loke, Cana and Lucy all turned their attention to the Nightmare Beast and readied themselves.
----Hades looked up at the bright blue sky above. "Makarov, you've done an excellent job of leading the guild for the last 48 years. However, I'm afraid your time is up, old friend. Your reign as Fairy Tail's Guild Master ends today."
His eyes became dead serious. "History is coming to a close for both you and your guild."
----Natsu surrounded his fists in fire and roared as he sent a flurry of punches at Zancrow, but the dark mage effortlessly dodged them. Zancrow then punched the Dragon Slayer right in the mouth with a fist cloaked in black flames and sent him flying.
The teen God Slayer laughed. "You left yourself wide open, dumb ass! I was expecting more power from a Dragon Hunter like you! You're not holding back on me, are you?!"
"You just wait!" Natsu said with a grin. "Now that my body's warmed up, I'm ready to fight! You're gonna wish you hadn't asked the question!"
"Be careful Natsu!" Wendy called as she, Rodan and the Exceeds watched from a safe distance.
Happy pumped his tiny paws in the air. "He'll be fine, cause the enemy doesn't stand a chance when he's all fired up like he is right now!"
"But his attacks haven't had any affect." Carla stated as she stared at Zancrow. "Who is that fiend?"
Panther Lily eyed the blonde haired teen with caution. "He just referred to himself as a God Slayer, I'm not sure if that's really his power or if he's trying to talk tough."
Rodan's eyes narrowed. "I'm not so sure if that last parts true or not, but all I can say is that there's something really off about that fire of his."
Zancrow bowed. "Let me introduce myself. I'm one of Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory, and the guy who's gonna kick your ass!" His grin became psychotic again. "I'm known as the God Slayer, Zancrow!"
Natsu flashed a fierce grin of his own. "Well I'm known as the Dragon Slayer! I'm Natsu of Fairy Tail!"
The God Slayer laughed again. "I know who you are, dragon breath! You're famous in the Balam Alliance because of all the destruction you leave in your wake!"
Wendy sweat dropped while Natsu blanched. "Say what?!"
Rodan looked confused. "The Balam what? Can someone please explain?"
"I'd like to know as well." Lily added.
"Aye sir!" Happy replied. "Their bad guys who banded together to wreak havoc!"
"Grimoire Heart, Oracion Seis and Tartaros joined forces to create a coalition of Dark Guilds." Carla explained.
Wendy continued for her. "Our coalition of Light Guilds was able to beat the Oracion Seis, but I don't know about beating Grimoire Heart. I mean, they're one of the strongest members of the Balam Alliance. We don't stand a chance."
Zancrow grinned at Natsu. "You annihilated Lullaby, you stopped us from bringing back Deliora, and then you and your friends really screwed up our plans when you wiped out the R-System and Nirvana! You also took down Jellal, as well as Master Zero! If you think that makes you hot stuff, let me tell you those guys ain't nothing compared to me!"
The Salamander scoffed. "I can take you!"
"You're just a lowly Dragon Hunter! Don't be so cocky!" Zancrow taunted.
Natsu was getting really pissed off and cracked his knuckles. "Know what's cocky? Calling yourself a God Slayer!" He then lunged at the Dark Mage with more flaming punches. "What's that even mean anyway?! You expect me to believe a God trained you?!"
Zancrow parried the Dragon Slayers attacks with his own flaming fists before their legs collided with a powerful kick that forced them to jump back. "I guess if you call Master Hades a God, then yeah! Cause he's the one who trained me to use the super awesome Lost Magic!" he boasted.
"Give me a break! Your master ain't a God, he's just a regular old person!" Natus shouted as crimson fire engulfed his body. "Unlike you, everything about Dragon Slayer Magic I learned from an actual dragon!"
"You really think I give a crap? Dragons are just flying lizards." The God Slayer then pulled out a cat-sized lizard from seemingly out of nowhere. "Wanna ask this little guy if he's got any magic?"
"HEY MAN! IGNEEL'S NOT A FREAKING LIZARD!" Natsu roared with comical anger.
"I also take offense to that!" Rodan shouted, feeling offended by the God Slayer's statement.
"Yeah, you tell him!" Wendy yelled. "Grandeeney's not a lizard either, you big meanie!"
"Don't encourage him, Wendy!" Carla scolded.
Zancrow's body ignited with more black flames. "I'd shut up and sit pretty if I were you. I've got my hands full pinkie, but as soon as I'm through with him your gonna be up next." he laughed with a crazed look in his red eyes.
Wendy and Happy both shuddered at the God Slayers psychotic persona. "He's not messing around!" the blue Exceed shivered.
Carla got in front the blue haired Dragon Slayer with her paws spread out while Rodan wrapped his wings around her protectively. "We won't let you lay a finger on this child!" the female Exceed proclaimed.
"Yeah! Over my dead body, you psycho!" the mutated pterosaur yelled.
The blonde haired teen was so distracted by the small group of onlookers, that he barely noticed Natsu flying at him a flaming kick. "Hey you! Don't go getting distracted!" he shouted.
The God Slayer raised his arms over his head and blocked the kick, then released a small bust of black fire from his body and forced the Dragon Slayer back. Natsu flipped and landed on his feet before engulfing his hands with balls of fire. "You better get out of here, guys!"
Zancrow brought both of his hands close to his chest, with one palm facing down over the other, which had the palm facing up. "Bringing out the big guns, huh?"
The Dragon Slayer slammed both hands together as the fire balls surrounding each fist merged into one. "The flames of my right hand and the flames of my left! Put them together and you get this!"
The God Slayer created an orb of black fire from between his hands. "I ask you scorch all from the far west to the far east! Oh breath of God!"
Wendy quickly scooped up the Exceeds while Rodan picked her up and prepared to take off to get some distance.
"Fire Dragon's..."
"Flame God's..."
Natsu shot his hands forward and launched a massive fire ball towards the God Slayer. "Brilliant Flame!"
Zancrow raised his hands and swung them downwards, firing a similar sized fire ball back. "Kagutsuchi!"
The massive spheres of crimson and black flames collided and began pushing against each other for dominance, creating a massive wave of intense heat the didn't go noticed by the others, who were watching from the air.
"What incredible power!" Lily commented.
"And such tremendous heat!" Carla exclaimed.
"The powers of a dragon and a god are colliding!" Wendy stated as she watched in awe.
The Dragon and God Slayer continued to clash with their magic, but Natsu slowly began to feel himself being pushed back by Zancrow. The Salamander fought to keep his flames burning with all of his might, but it wasn't enough. Zancrow's black fire cancelled out Natsu's fire and sent him flying back while screaming in pain, the God Slayer smirking victoriously.
"NATSU!" Wendy screamed as she watched her fellow Dragon Slayer get knocked back.
"That guy overpowered him!" Rodan said with shock.
Zancrow turned towards the group watching from above and grinned. "Enough with the play-by-play! Get lost cats!" he shouted as he swiped his arm and blasted the group with a torrent of black flames.
The group cried out in pain as they all were shot out of the sky and crashed back onto the hard ground. Rodan was surprised that he too felt a lingering pain from the the God Slayer's so-called 'divine flames', despite his body being resistant to most heat.
Zancrow laughed. "Uh oh, it wasn't just cats or a bird! That puny little brat's a Dragon Hunter too! Oh well, that'll teach her not to mess with me! Hahahahaha!"
Panther Lily struggled to get back up. 'To think this barbarian could easily outclass a Dragon Slayer who's as strong as Gajeel... I've never seen anything like it. This must be the power of Lost Magic...'
Natsu rose to his feet and snarled at the smiling God Slayer. "I'll show you!" He took in a huge breath of air and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A huge blast of fire shot out from the Salamanders jaws, but Zancrow just watched the fire approach him with a grin. "Nice try, pal! Did you know it was God who gave humans the knowledge of fire? It was neither humans nor dragons who created fire."
"IT WAS THE GODS!"
A massive explosion engulfed Zancrow as the blast of fire hit it's mark. Natsu smirked. "I got him!"
His eyes suddenly widened.
Zancrow had his mouth wide open as Natsu's fire was being sucked right in with a long, loud slurp. As soon as he was done gorging on the fire, he gave a loud belch.
"He has no manners..." Carla muttered from where she laid.
Wendy on the other hand, was shocked. "He ate all of Natsu's flames... Did you guys see that?"
"Yeah, I saw..." Rodan groaned as he watched as well.
Zancrow patted his stomach with satisfaction. "That's some tasty fire you got there. Nothing I like more than the flavor of violent, never-ending flames." He grinned again when he saw Natsu's shocked expression. "Even though you may have enough power to slay a dragon, you could never slay a God! Prepare to witness the power of Grimoire Heart's magic!"
He too took a deep breath of air before opening his mouth wide.
"Flame God's Bellow!"
A huge blast of black flames erupted from his maw and struck Natsu with such destructive force that made the entire area shake violently. Wendy and the Exceeds screamed as they were sent flying off the cliff side down to the dense forest below. Rodan flapped his wings as hard as he could to stay airborne, but his injured back prevented him from doing so as he too fell with them.
Natsu was sent flying farther away from the group, and Happy tried to call out to him. "Natsu, no! NATSU~!"
Zancrow watched them disappear into the forest below. "Well, at least those two Dragon Hunters hit rock bottom!"
The God Slayer threw his head back and laughed victoriously.
----Lucy and the others were on their hands and knees, panting for breath while Gabara stood in front of them.
"Aw, come on! Don't tell me you chumps are ready to throw in the towel already! I haven't had enough fun yet!" he laughed mockingly.
Lucy looked up at the mutated toad. "I don't understand. What's going on?"
"Why haven't we been able to land a single hit on this freak?" Loke asked while gasping for air.
Gray glared up at the Earth Conqueror. "He's fast. No matter what we throw, he keeps dodging all of our attacks. It's dirty fighting."
Gabara turned to him at that statement. "Oh? You think I'm fighting dirty, do ya? Well, in that case..." He brought his hand up and made a 'come at me' motion. "Then go ahead. I dare one of you chumps to go ahead and hit me right now. Unless you're scared."
"With pleasure!" Gabara glanced over his shoulder and noticed Cana rush at him while holding three flashing cards in her hand. "I'm not about to waist my time getting all worked up over a stupid frog! Thunderbolt's Fate!" A green seal appeared and the cards let loose a barrage of massive lightning bolts that struck the Kaiju with devastating force.
"Way to go Cana!" Lucy cheered.
Cana smirked as she twirled her cards in her hand. "Guess he wasn't as tough as he made himself look. That guy was a total pushover."
"Oh, am I?"
Everyone's attention went to the massive dust cloud created by Cana's attack. When the dust disappeared, they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Gabara remained were he was standing without a single scratch on him, not even fazed by the Card Mage's attack.
Cana could only stare with wide eyes as he turned to face her while cracking his neck. "Whew! Man, I gotta say, that almost surprised me. For a second there, I thought that was gonna punch my tickets."
Loke's looked on with shock. "He's not fazed at all?!"
"No way..." Cana breathed. "There's no freakin way..."
Gabara grinned at Cana's expression. "What's wrong? Still think I'm a pushover know? Oh well, way to go and waist your only freebie."
Gray gritted his teeth. 'Dammit! How the hell are we supposed to beat this guy?!'
The Kaiju continued to grin at Cana as he cracked his knuckles. "By the way, that lightning you threw at me, I probably wouldn't have done that if I were you."
Cana looked at him with suspicion. "And why's that?"
Gabara's grin got even bigger. "You sure you wanna know? Oh, why not, maybe it'll be funner if I just showed you!"
Suddenly, the ground beneath Gabara began to shake and crack as tiny sparks began to appear randomly on his body. His four-fingered hands clenched tightly as a surge of power began to swell within him, making the sparks become more intense. His eyes closed for a few seconds before they snapped open again, revealing them to be completely white. Gabara gave off a loud roar as his body suddenly became engulfed with blue lightning that sparked and cackled like crazy.
Watching from his perch, Caprico looked on with slight curiosity. "Hmm? What's this?"
Lucy's eyes widened. "What...just happened?"
"His power just shot up like crazy!" Gray exclaimed with shock.
Loke's body actually started shaking a little. "This power...it isn't magic. It's something else entirely. Just what kind of power is it?!"
Cana was literally frozen where she stood as Gabara glared at her with his glowing white eyes as the lighting around his body continued to surge.
The Earth Conqueror's grin became almost psychotic. "I think it's time this 'stupid frog' showed you who the real pushover is!" The large, front horn atop Gabara's head began to glow brightly as the lightning around him began to get sucked into it.
"Power Horn!"
A huge blast of bright purple lightning shot out from Gabara's horn and carved a large gash into the ground, then smashed into Cana. The Card Mage screamed with pain as the lightning shocked almost every nerve in her body and was slammed against a wall before slumping to the ground.
"CANA!" Lucy screamed.
Gray shot to his feet and lunged at the mutated toad. "Come on Loke!"
"On it!" the Lion Spirit said as he jumped at him as well.
Both of them swung their fists at the Earth Conqueror, but Gabara simply crossed his arms over his chest and caught both punches with his hands. He grinned as he clutched both fists in his hands.
"Wrong move, boys! Grip Shock!" he shouted as a sudden burst of electricity jolted out of his hands and shocked both Mage's. Gray and Loke cried out in agony as they felt their nerves being fried before Gabara simply tossed the two boys away like they were rag dolls, causing them to fall to the ground.
Suddenly, Gabara felt something grab his left wrist and turned to see what looked like a glowing blue whip wrapped around it. He followed the whip up until he spotted culprit as being Lucy, who was using her Fleuve d'etolies.
"Try and get out of this, jerk face!" she shouted.
The mutant toad laughed as he slowly raised his free hand. "You humans don't learn, do you! Didn't your mama ever tell you not to play with lightning?!" Then, a large sphere of cackling, blue lightning appeared in his open hand.
He then chucked it at Lucy. "Thunder Jupiter!" The orb of lightning raced towards the blonde and struck her with enough force for her to lose her grip on her Fleuve d'etolies. Lucy screamed in pain as she was sent flying into a structure before falling to the ground.
Gabara looked around at the injured Fairy Tail Mage's around him and laughed. "Guahahahaha! Serves you right, you stupid humans! That's what you get for trying to fight someone like me! They don't call me the Nightmare Beast for nothing!"
Gray tried to stand, but immediately fell back down. 'This guy...his powers easily on par with Laxus.'
Caprico watched the Mage's fall, nodding to himself. "It seems I was right to leave them to him."
----Natsu groaned as he stumbled through the forest. "Man, that guy's hardcore. It's been a long time since fire's actually felt hot to me." He then stopped and looked around. "Wait. Where the heck am I?"
Suddenly, his keen sense of smell picked up something familiar. "I know that smell." He made his way towards where the smell was coming from until he found himself in a large clearing. He then noticed a familiar figure lying in the middle of the clearing and his heart almost stopped.
"GRAMPS!"
Natsu ran up to Master Makarov and knelt down beside him. "Gramps! What're you doing here?! Are you okay?!"
Makarov groaned before slowly opened one of his eyes and looking up at the Dragon Slayer. "Natsu... It's you..."
"What the heck happened to you?!" Natsu asked with worry. "Oh crap, your hurt real bad! I'm scared to move you, but we gotta get you to Wendy! Of course that's a lot easier said than done, because I have no idea where we are right now!"
"Natsu..."
"How'd you get so beat up?!" he asked again. "Can you tell me who did this to you?!"
"Natsu...listen..." Makarov groaned again. "The chances of us...defeating Grimoire Heart...are low..."
Natsu looked completely shocked. "You must be out of your mind right now! The gramps I know would never say something like that!"
"Your...injured my boy..." the old man grunted weakly. "...Who did that to you..."
"This ain't nothing compared to what I'm gonna do to him!" Natsu shouted with anger. "The next time I see that chump, it's on!"
Makarov continued to look at him with his one open eye. "I beg you...Natsu...gather all the others...and leave while you can."
Natsu punched the ground hard. "Would you stop talking like that?! We're not through with the S-Class Trial! As Fairy Tail's master, you're supposed to support us! Not tell us we can't win!"
"While that's true...there are times when the best thing to do...is retreat." he replied said quietly.
The Salamander felt his whole body begin to shake a little when he remembered his fight with Zancrow. "Master..."
*KABOOM!
Suddenly, a black fire ball shot to the ground just a few feet away from Natsu and Makarov. When the dust cleared, Zancrow stepped forward with a crazed grin and a laugh. "Hahahaha! Well, well, well! It looks like Master Hades did a number ya, eh Makarov?!"
Natsu rose back to his feet. "He's the one who did this?"
"Let it go my boy..." Makarov pleaded. "Remember what I just told you..."
"I ain't backing down." Natsu said, but the Guild Master of Fairy Tail immediately noticed something wrong with the Dragon Slayer.
'Natsu...he's trembling in fear.'
Zancrow took notice of the Salamander's shaking and grinned. "Ya having a hard time, Dragon Hunter?! Looks like your freaking out cause there's sweat dripping from every pore!"
Natsu then remembered what Gildarts had told him.
"Remember Natsu, there's nothing wrong with feeling fear. After all, how else will we come to know our own weaknesses."
Natsu looked down at his trembling hands, his eyes shadowed by his hair. "This feeling... This is fear."
Zancrow laughed. "Yep, you got it! I can't say I blame you! It's gotta be terrifying for a runt like you to face my ultimate power! If I were you, I'd stay there trembling in fear too!"
"Natsu...you've done enough." Makarov pleaded again. "Get out of here..."
Suddenly, crimson flames surrounded Natsu as he clenched his fists tightly. "He's right. This is fear I'm feeling. But it's not the same kind of fear that Gildarts was talking about."
"Huh?" the God Slayer questioned.
----Fairy Tail OST: Prelude to Destruction...
----Natsu clenched his teeth until they became like canines and glared hard at the Dark Mage. "I ain't trembling because of you! The only thing I'm afraid of right now is that someone else will do-in the jerk who beat up gramps before I get the chance to get a few good licks in!" The fire around him grew more and more intense. "You're gonna pay! I won't let you guys get away this!"
"I'll take down Master Hades and I'll do it with my own two hands!"
----Azuma sighed with slight disappointment. "Unfortunately, it would appear we've gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to opponents."
"Short end of the stick?" Mirajane repeated.
"What do you mean by that?" Lisanna asked.
Destroyah came to his side. "What he means is that after being forced to battle cats, children and a bird, he was hoping to face some more challenging opponents other than two human females and Mothra's brats."
Mira's eyes narrowed. "Cats, children and a bird? That must mean..."
"They must've fought Happy and Wendy's teams." Lisanna finished.
Nearby, the Mothra Twin were visibly trembling with fear at the sight of the crimson kaiju and scooted back a little. Destroyah noticed this, however and hissed. "I'm still surprised that you little runts are still kicking around, especially after what happened to your dear mother."
Lisanna stepped in front of the larvae and glared hard at Destroyah. "You must be the one who hurt Mothra, am I right?"
The demonic kaiju chuckled. "It appears my reputation precedes me, but you would be correct. I am called Destoroyah. And who might you be, little human?"
"My name is Lisanna, and I will never forgive you for what you did to Leo and Lea's mother!" She replied harshly.
"Lisanna, please don't." the Shobijin pleaded quietly.
However, Lisanna's attitude only seemed to amuse Destroyah. "My, my, that's quite a mouth you've got for a lady. Besides, that foolish excuse of a guardian should've realized what happens to those who go meddling with my business."
Mirajane came next to her sister with her own glare at the Earth Conqueror. "Even so, your the reason that Mothra wasn't able to defend herself when her brother attacked her."
"Ah yes. Battra told me about that." the crimson kaiju said. "He still hasn't forgotten about that little incident. Ever since the deaths of those two humans who forced him to kill her, he's held quite a grudge against them."
"Enough of this." Azuma interrupted as he stepped forward. "We have wasted enough time already. Prepare for your defeat. Bleve!" Mira and Lisanna quickly jumped back as several random explosions blasted the ground where they stood, causing the ground to quake a little.
"His magic's so strong." Lisanna noted.
Mira turned to her sister. "Lisanna, you're not hurt are you?"
"No, I'm okay." she replied.
Mira turned her attention back to Azuma and Destroyah. "Those two, they're powerful."
"Yeah, no kidding." Lisanna's eyes flashed with determination. "But I know we can beat them."
"Mirajane, Lisanna, please listen." The Shobijin spoke out, causing the sisters to look at them. "You must be careful. While that human is quite powerful, you must tread carefully with Destroyah. She is easily one of the most powerful kaiju on Terra, second to even Godzilla himself. You cannot possibly hope to defeat her on your own."
Lisanna turned back to the dark mage and the demonic Kaiju. "Well...it's still worth a shot!" She suddenly jumped into the air as her body glowed. "Take Over: Harpy!" Lisanna reappeared again with large wings taking the place of her arms and large, sharp talons replacing her legs and feet.
Azuma's expression became one of slight surprise. "Take Over Magic, huh? I wasn't expecting that from someone like her." He then turned to Destoroyah. "I will leave this to you."
"Consider it done." Destroyah replied with a hiss. At that moment, Lisanna flew at the crimson kaiju with her talons outstretched, but Destroyah simply grabbed one of the toes with her clawed hand. "How interesting. To think that I would find myself in a world where humans would posses such fascinating abilities."
Lisanna smirked. "Followed by-"
Destroyah cocked an eye with confusion before the youngest Take Over Mage disappeared in another bright light before she suddenly reappeared as a giant penguin and kicked at the Earth Conqueror, forcing her to skid back. "Take Over: Penguin!"
Mirajane looked on with surprise. 'She instantly switched to a different Take Over. When did she learn such an advanced move?'
Lisanna glowed again and reappeared in her massive Bunny Take Over. "Don't underestimate me! I'm young, but I'm as tough as the other Fairy Tail wizards!"
Destroyah growled with annoyance. She knew now that this fight was going to be much tougher than the one against Rodan and Panther Lily, so she decided to bring out her big guns. She opened her mouth as the inside began to glow bright purple. "Oxygen Destroyer!" A concentrated beam of purple energy shot out from her mouth and blasted Lisanna, creating a massive explosion.
Before she could celebrate, however, Lisanna flew out from the dust cloud in her Bird Take Over before glowing once more and reappearing in her Cat Take Over. She lunged at the kaiju with a flurry of slashes, but Destroyah blocked most of them with her arms, the Take Over Mages claws barely doing any damage to her body armor. Despite this, the constant barrage of attacks seemed to only annoy Destroyah further, so she used the claw at the end of her long tail to grab Lisanna by the waist and chucked her away from her.
"Lisanna!" Mira cried out while Mothra Leo chirped with worry.
The youngest Strauss sibling flipped midair and landed on her feet. "Just stay back! I've got this!"
Destroyah chuckled slightly. "Impressive. You're definitely more entertaining than Rodan and that cat. This hunt may prove to be more fruitful than I originally thought." Her expression suddenly darkened as her amber eyes burned with a fierce light. "That being said, allow me to show you what I am truly capable of."
Almost immediately after that, the Strauss sisters, the Mothra Twins and the Shobijin felt the ground begin to rumble as a wave of power began to swell from Destroyah, causing their eyes to widen.
"What is this power?! It's so massive!" Mira exclaimed.
The Shobijin were completely shocked while the larvae began to cry out with fear. "This energy...it cannot be!"
Suddenly, several glowing circles of purple light began to pop up from the ground around them as the shaking became more violent. Destoroyah spread her arms and wings out with a piercing roar.
"Oxygen Land Mines!"
Upon her command, the circles exploded in a blast of bright purple, causing the Take Over Mages and the Mothra Larvae to cry out with pain as they were sent flying. The Shobijin were also blasted off of Mothra Lea's head and tumbled to the ground a few feet away.
Destroyah's burning amber eyes pierced through the smoke as she glared at her prey. "I must admit, I admire your spirit and sentiment. However, that will not help you in a battle, that takes great power and skill. And as I'm sure Mothra's servants already told you, mine greatly surpasses yours. Don't tell me you truly intend to risk your life just to prove you're better than me."
Lisanna cancelled out her Take Over and slowly stood up. "What are you mean by that? This isn't about a difference in power. You're stronger than me, but who cares?! We just want to protect our camp so our friends know where to find us!"
Before Destroyah could reply to that, Azuma stepped forward until he was next to her. "Frankly, we don't care. We were sent here to destroy you, so that's what we'll do."
Suddenly, the crimson Earth Conqueror felt a sudden spike in energy and turned around. "Azuma-!"
Mirajane appeared from behind then and smacked both of them, causing them to skid back a little. Lisanna's eyes widened. "Mira?"
"I want you to go and look for the others. I'll stay here and keep these two busy." Mira said without looking back.
"I can't leave you alone with them!" the youngest sister yelled.
Azuma just stared at the eldest Strauss sibling with surprise. 'Where did that come from? I barely sensed any magic power coming from her before.' His eyes narrowed. 'But then she suddenly gave off a tremendous sense of pressure.'
Meanwhile, Destroyah was having similar thoughts. 'How is that possible? Are you telling me that she was actually hiding all of that power this whole time? Oh well, it's no matter. The stronger the opponent, the more entertaining the hunt.'
Lisanna got back on her feet, facing the two. "I'm gonna fight with you! If we work together, we've got a better chance of beating them!"
Mira stared at her with surprise, then gave a small smile. "...You're as stubborn as before. Very well then."
"Two against two, eh?" Destroyah hissed, catching the sisters attention. "Seems only fair, don't you think Azuma?"
Azuma nodded. "Indeed. This means we don't need to hold back against these two."
Mira glared coldly at them as an ominous aura flared around her. "Mess with our guild...no, our family, and you're in for a world of hurt!"
----Fairy Tail OST: Fire Dragon vs. Flame God...
----Zancrow laughed at Natsu's declaration as black fire flickered from his body. "You think you can take down Master Hades?" His smirk changed to a glare as he and the Salamander got right in each other's faces, crimson and black flames engulfed both of them. "There's no way in hell that's ever gonna happen if you can't even beat me, you punk."
Natsu cloaked his fist with fire and punched the God Slayer down on his head before delivering a fierce blow right to his face. Zancrow skidded back a little, but laughed. "I told you, your flames have no affect on me!"
He looked up as Natsu bounced off several trees before lunging at him with a kick. He surrounded his hands with black flames and brought them in front of his face, blocking the attack.
Makarov watched them exchange blows with shock. 'No, it can't be. He uses Fire Magic too?'
Zancrow cloaked his hand with more black flames with a psychotic grin. "Your dragon fire's got nothing against my divine flames! Their're on a completely different level!" He thrust his hand forward and sent Natsu flying, then surrounded his free hand with more black fire before suddenly creating a massive scythe made of black flames.
"My flames do more than just burn stuff. They become a weapon of fire that can defeat any enemy! Flame God's Scythe!" The God Slayer swung the huge scythe and sliced clean through several massive tree's, Natsu just barely dodging.
The Dragon Slayer punched down on one of the tree trunks that had been cut down and forced it to crash right on top of Zancrow with devastating force. Then, suddenly, Zancrow burst of from the top of the tree like a rocket of black fire and punched Natsu right in the gut, causing him to gasp in pain and crash to the ground.
Zancrow landed gently and cloaked both hands with even more black flames. "My flames love to consume puny wizards like you! You're going down!" The fire around each hand then began to take the shape of a mouth filled with razor sharp teeth and slammed them against each other, creating a chomping sound.
"Flame God's Supper!"
The dark mage clapped his hands together and imprisoned Natsu in a large sphere of fire. The Dragon Slayer cried out in pain as the black flames consumed him whole, making Zancrow's grin widen. "You should quite fighting, because once my blaze's got ya there's no getting out! Not until you've been turned to ash!"
Makarov looked on helplessly as the God Slayer continued to torture the Salamander. "Natsu...no!"
Natsu opened his eyes from inside the fire sphere and glared at Zancrow. "Oh yeah, that's what you think! I can still eat my way out of here, you know!"
"Go ahead and try it! But there's no way a wizard with dragon powers could ever eat a divine flame!" Zancrow boasted. Natsu opened his mouth and tried to consume the black flames, but a sudden rush of pain forced him to stop and scream again.
Zancrow grinned again. "Don't say that I didn't warn you! So long Dragon Hunter!"
Suddenly, a beam of blue and white energy shot out from the forest and blasted Zancrow square in the chest and sent him crashing into a tree. The attack forced the sphere of fire to disappear and Natsu collapsed to the ground before he and Makarov turned to the source of the blast.
Zancrow slowly got back to his feet while clutching his chest, glaring towards the source as well. "Alright, who did that?! Come out and face me!"
After he said that, the sound of heavy footsteps began to shake the ground a little as they reverberated across the area, making it seem like it was coming from all around them. Then all of the sudden, a loud roar echoed around the area, one that was loud enough so that all on Tenrou Island could hear it.
"SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOONNNGGK!"
----Destoroyah paused and turned to the source of the roar, her eyes narrowing. "So...he's here too, eh?"
The Mothra Twins chirped happily when they heard the call of their friend, while the Shobijin slowly got up and smiled.
"Thank goodness. There's still hope."
...
Meanwhile, Gezora stopped and looked up. "I know that sound anywhere."
A icy arrow was sticking out of his shoulder.
Meredy looked slightly surprised as she looked off in the direction of the roar.
"Where is that coming from?" Sarah asked in her T-Rex form as she looked up at the trees.
Juvia and Erza's eyes were wide with shock. "That roar... Is that who I think it is?"
Manda looked towards the direction of the roar as well and couldn't help but smile. "Well, it's about damn time."
...
Kamacuras shuddered at the sound of the roar. "No. Don't tell me..."
"I'm afraid so." Ebirah replied quietly.
Rustyrose looked out towards the forest with dramatic pose. "A sound of bloodthirsty rage. A warrior who's very battle cry makes all who here it's melody tremble with dread."
"Ah yeah! I know that manly roar from anywhere!" Elfman declared while pumping his fists.
Evergreen smiled. "I was just starting to wonder where that big lug went off to."
...
Levy smiled up at the sky with a smile. "Yes, we still have a chance."
Baragon was grinning from ear to ear. "Did you hear that?!"
"Yes I did." Gorosaurus said with a smile and a nod.
"And he doesn't sound too happy."
...
Ryu sat up after laying on a rock and hearing the screech. He had been spending his time keeping a eye on the participants of the S-Class exam.
"Well, time for me to join the battle." 
He walked off to find one of the Earth Conquerors or Grimoire Heart and drive them off Tenrou Island. 
...
Gabara immediately froze in place when he heard the loud, blood curdling roar. "Was that...?"
Lucy slowly lifted her head up and looked out towards where she assumed the roar had come from and smiled with silent tears running down her face.
"Thank goodness..."
...
Kain dropped to the ground with his hands over his ears, trembling with fear. "W-w-w-what was that!"
Titanosaurus' eyes narrowed, a silent anger behind them. "Finally..."
...
Ultear paused at the sound of the roar, then continued on her trek through the forest.
...
Zeref looked up towards the sky when he also heard the roar, but remained silent.
...
Hades glanced over his shoulder towards the forest. "That noise. If I'm not mistaken, it must be..."
...
SpaceGodzilla grinned madly from his dark chamber on board the Grimoire Heart Airship.
'Brother...'
----Godzilla, the King of the Monsters, stomped out from the forest with a glare that could melt steel. His lips curled back with a bared his sharp teeth with a loud snarl that made Zancrow actually shiver with fear.
Natsu flashed a painful grin. "Hell yeah... Your in trouble now..."
Makarov didn't say anything, but he too smiled a little when he saw their savior.
The Monster King growled again. "So you and your comrades are the ones responsible for attacking my comrades?"
"E-e-eh?" the God Slayer stuttered a little.
Godzilla's eyes turned completely white and his spines flashed with bluish-white light.
"For attacking my friends and harming my teammates, you're about to feel my full wrath!"
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