Natsu vs Ping

"DIE! NATSU DRAGNEEL!" Ping was surrounded in a blazing purple aura, her black hands gripping her swords tightly and her eyes were focused on Natsu while she was flying to him. Her blades were shining a red color that reflected the same color intensity as blood. "Chaos Slash!" Ping narrowly missed Natsu as the slices of her blades created a sharp wind blade that cut through several trees. She turned to Natsu with a sick grin on her face. "See that, Dragon Slayer. That is my power, and that power stems from my devotion to the Fire Nation."
Natsu charged towards Ping. "You have one, sick devotion! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu's fist flew into Ping's stomach causing her to crash into a tree. Once she hit the tree, she disappeared into black smoke. 
"What! Did I just kill her?" Natsu said to himself. "I didn't hit you that hard."
"Over here." A voice said with a sinister giggle that was all too familiar.
"What just happened?!" Natsu asked.
Ping was standing on a tree branch. "You see what I did back there, it's called Shadow Form. It's when I create a clone made of shadows to distract the enemy. With this magic, you can't beat me."
"That's what you think." Natsu jumped up to her with flames igniting from his feet. "Fire Dragon's Talons!" Ping blocked Natsu's kick by crossing her blades while they were upside down, forcing Ping back to the ground. While Natsu stood on the tree he felt a palm on his back.
"Hi there…" Natsu's pupils shrank when he realized that Ping was somehow behind him, even though he had just attacked her. "Graviton!" a purple magic seal grew from Ping's hand and it formed an explosion that shot Natsu from the tree branch. He slid to his feet and his eyes grew wide when he saw two Pings walking towards him. "Impressed?" they both smugly asked. "Shadow Twin, it allows me to create a physical duplicate of myself…"
"…And I can perform independently and use my own spells." They both shot Graviton orbs to Natsu and they hit him causing him to fly past a couple of trees. The two smirked.
"I'll call on you when you are needed."
"Understood…" Shadow Ping disappeared into black smoke after performing the Fire Nation bow.
"You are about to experience my fury! Natsu Dragneel!"
As Ping walked to Natsu, a battle was happening elsewhere as Aang was continuing his fight with Erigor on rocky terrain. The wind wizard was standing on the ground and he looked to be sliding backwards. "Take this, you fly! Emera Baram!" he crossed his two fingers and shot a powerful burst of air that sped towards Aang.
Aang made two vertical walls of air shoot from the ground, forming a sharp barrier in front of him that cut right through Erigor's attack. When it cleared, Aang didn't have a scratch on him. "What? You countered my attack!?"
Aang saying nothing else, sprinted to Erigor with a large comet of fire above his fist. When he got close, Aang tried to slam the fire comet onto Erigor but he blew it away when it got close. After he stopped the attack he kicked Aang back since he was open and when he slid back he started laughing. However, he noticed a smirk on Aang's face. He looked down to see that his feet were stuck to the ground using earthbending and he couldn't move. Aang saw his chance, dashed to wind wizard, and threw a kick to his chest while at the same time making a blunt pillar crash into his stomach. A blast of air shot from his right foot. The pillar and the blast of air were enough to send Erigor flying backwards into a nearby forest.
Right after Aang heard a crash, a loud roar from Erigor was heard while a hurricane shot out of the forest he landed in. "I won't let you toy with me kid!"
At the same time; Gray was jumping through trees while shirtless, he was dodging numerous water whips from Kobu. He landed on the ground and saw Kobu walking to him. "Let's make this quick, Gray. The quicker I defeat you, the quicker I can proceed to kill the Avatar."
Gray laughed. "You guys are in way over your heads; taking on our guild is a big mistake."
"I'm aware of how powerful your guild is, that is why we are taking the opportunity to fight you here! This is the closest we've gotten to the Avatar and I don't plan on screwing it up!"
"Even if you and your pal somehow beat me and Natsu, there is no way you'll beat Aang!"
"I guess we'll take our chances!" he made two trees beside him explode and controlled the water within them to force powerful water jets towards Gray.
Gray got into his usual stance. "Ice Make: Shield!" He created his usual shield but Kobu saw this coming and he the end of the water jet formed a sharp icy point creating an ice drill. Gray saw this through his ice barrier and leaped up to a tree branch and his shield was reduced to nothing but shattered ice bits. Kobu shot a razor sharp ring of water to the tree which sliced it in half. "You just don't quit do you?"
Kobu had a large ring of water around him. He shot ice shards at Gray from the water ring but he crossed his arms and blocked them. After they shattered off his arms he attacked Kobu. "Ice Make: Ice Geyser!" he slammed his hands to the ground and he made a tower of ice spikes stretch out from the ground below Kobu.
He was caught up in this and when he was trapped inside, however he liquefied all the ice and he formed two large rings of water that were floating to his sides. There were tears in his outfit and there was a cut on his right cheek. "I didn't come this far to get stopped by you!" He froze them and attempted to use them as blunt objects to strike Gray with.
"This is as far as you'll get! Ice Make: Hammer!" Gray created a large ice hammer to block Kobu's attack, creating a large explosion of ice.
The mist cloud though didn't seem to disappear and it actually seemed to be spreading. "He's hiding in the mist." But the mist soon cleared and Gray saw Kobu with two whips of water hanging from his arms.
"Let's get serious. I'm sick of wasting time here!" Kobu said.
"Agreed," Gray said with a serious look.
…
Ping continued to slash at Natsu, but he was managing to dodge the swipes. "You can't dodge me forever!" Ping exclaimed.
"I don't plan to!" Natsu jumped back while his arms were blanketed in fire. "Fire Dragon Wing Slash!" he threw two long whips of fire towards her. In response, she summoned four phantom blades that blocked the fire from hitting her. 
"Hey, what did you tell the Oración Seis?" Natsu asked.
"What are you talking about?" Ping questioned.
"The Oración Seis know about Aang and the Fire Nation! What exactly did you tell them?"
"I don't know what you think I did, but I never once got into contact with the Oración Seis. In fact, no one outside my group knows except for you idiots."
"What? But then if you didn't who did?" He wondered.
"Enough of this I won't let the Oración Seis steal my prize. Graviton!" she blasted a dark red orb roughly half the size of her body but as it sped to Natsu, he smacked it away with his arm.
"That the best you got?" Natsu growled.
A presence with a huge grin suddenly appeared behind Natsu. "I've got plenty… Oblivion Wave!" She jabbed her sword into the ground and this forced a reddish purple energy wave that hit Natsu with incredible force, sending him back. "This is the best Fairy Tail's Salamander can do? Don't make me laugh…"
Natsu smirked as he got up. "You must be out of your damn mind if you think you can beat me. I've dealt with fights with swords before. Erza is a thousand times stronger than you will ever be."
The glow in Ping's eyes intensified while she twitched her left eyebrow. "E-Erza…?" She started to chuckle. "Well you've just given me another target after I take down you and the Avatar!" she swung her sword and Natsu quickly backed away, as Ping's steel missed his gut.
"There ain't no way the Fire Nation's gonna beat Fairy Tail!" Natsu growled. He backed away and launched forwards with his fist covered in flames. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu drilled his flaming fist forward, only to come into contact with two of Ping's phantom blades.
"Admit it, I've beaten you!" Ping sent two of her blades to impale Natsu.
Natsu though was prepared. "Don't make me laugh!" long fire whips covered his arms and he used them to burn through the phantom blades. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu fired a bellowing roar of flames from his mouth which was jetting towards Ping.
Ping wasn't expecting a quick counter-attack and she didn't move as the flames covered her. Natsu though knew better because he caught a whiff of her scent. "Hey, I know you dodged that! Where are you?" His expert nose tracked her to a tree that was to his right. "I see you!" He blasted a powerful breath of fire that burned the trees and Natsu could see Ping high above him.
Ping was shocked by how easily Natsu was able to find her. "How did he find me so easily? That doesn't matter. He can't keep up with my speed!" the blades in both her hands were glowing dark purple. As she fell, she slashed the air with her swords, sending two reddish purple energy waves to Natsu.
Natsu avoided them by jumping back and he saw Ping landing on the ground while she charged to him. "I've got you now!" Ping exclaimed while her blades shifted to a red colour. As Natsu started to back away, he could smell another scent similar to Ping's raging from behind almost as if…
He looked to his side and his pupils shrank when he saw another Ping speeding to him from behind, charging to him with her swords glowing as well. "CRAP!" he thought. So he jumped up while he ignited his feet to boost his jumping power. The two Pings' blades clashed and this left a lot of sparks after the clash. Natsu stood on a tree branch and he ignited both his hands. "You've made a big mistake! I was holding back 'cause you're a kid. But I'm gonna make sure I roast your ass!"
Both the eyes of the Ping's grew. "He was holding back…! So how powerful is he?" She shook her head. "It doesn't matter, I swear I will take him down." She saw that Natsu was falling to the both of them with his fists engulfed in flames. Natsu punched the ground with both fists which made a large hemispherical explosion of fire which pushed both Ping's back. She looked to her shadow duplicate. "Hide in the tree's I'll distract him." the other Ping nodded and disappeared into the trees. Natsu grinned. He proceeded to charge to Ping where his punch was blocked by one of Ping's blades. "Know your place and just die Fairy Trash!" Ping growled.
"You should know your place, and so should Ozai!" Natsu in an unusual move drove his head forwards and his head crashed into Ping's sending her back. His ears could hear the rustling of leaves behind him. A black shadowy figure leaped to Natsu from one of the trees, leaping closer and closer to Natsu's blind spot. Shadow Ping was about to slash right through Natsu with her katana but her momentum was immediately stopped and she looked to find Natsu grabbed onto her sword. "Ha, nice try never underestimate a Dragon Slayer!" she threw Shadow Ping forwards as she was still holding onto her sword. As she flew, Natsu leaped after her and was right in front of her.
"So fast… he… he's not human!" Shadow Ping thought.
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Natsu punched Shadow Ping's gut making a hole where he punched her. The shadow turned to nothing but black smoke.
"Ugh!" The real Ping cried out in pain; she was on one knee while clutching her stomach. She was hidden among the trees. "Is that what happens when my Shadow Twin is defeated… but how? It was just one hit… Is this how strong he is!?" She could hear Natsu coming towards her. "As long as he is fooled by my clones, I should be fine." She leaped into the air while she left a shadow clone of herself behind to distract Natsu. As she landed on the ground, she was punched in the face by Natsu, sending her rolling on the ground before recovering with her feet. "What!? How did you find me!?"
"Like I said, never underestimate a Dragon Slayer… Your dummy clones don't have a scent on them, so I can easily tell them apart. That means you can't hide from me!" he leaped to Ping before throwing a punch that was blocked by crossing her swords.
"Then I'll just kill you right here!" The blade in her right hand shone red. "You and the rest of your guild will fall at the hands of the Fire Nation!" When the blade was going to slice Natsu, he could only think of one way to block it. The momentum of the blade was stopped by Natsu's canines. This incredible feat on its own shocked Ping, but it was what happened next that sent a chill through her spine. While the blade was in between Natsu's jaws, the steel showed is brittleness as it started to crack under the pressure of Natsu's teeth. "W-WHAT!?" Natsu's canines bit right through Ping's sword, forcing it to shatter. The bits and pieces of her sword fell to the floor, leaving her with nothing but a weapon that was the equivalent of a dagger. A dark purple aura began to surround her and her eyes that turned purple were shining the same color. 
"Y-YOU BASTARD!" She cried while discarding the shattered blade. "THESE SWORDS WERE A FAMILY HEIRLOOM! Passed down from my Great Grandfather… AND YOU BROKE ONE OF THEM!"
Natsu spat out a few more of the steel shards that were in his mouth… luckily he didn't swallow any of them. "Oh… sorry 'bout that…" Natsu said scratching his head.
"SORRY!?" Her hair was beginning to stand up on end. "That's all you have to say!? Do you have any idea what you've just done!? Father is going to kill me…"
"It's not a big deal; you can just get a new one…" Natsu said. He however quickly dodged a slash from the girl. The blade of her one remaining sword was glowing red. A dark seal appeared at Ping's feet and a wind of darkness formed around her. The wind engulfed Natsu and a part of the forest they were standing in, leaves were falling off trees and flowers around the were starting to wither before dying. 
"Okay… now I know I've felt this magic before!" Natsu thought.
…
Meanwhile, the battle between Aang and Erigor was raging on. He shot the most powerful burst of air he could to the Avatar, and as it got close, Aang stretched out his palm before he directed the air around him. Aang then proceeded to shoot Erigor up into the air with an earth pillar. Once Erigor was in the sky, he proceeded to dodge sharp rock bullets that were being thrown to him.
"That's it. Let's end this!" Erigor exclaimed.
"For once… I agree." A sphere of air surrounded Aang as he saw Erigor flying towards him with long whips of wind surrounding his arms.
"Magic Wind Palm!" Erigor slammed his hands together, shooting the wind generated around his arms into a fast, spinning cyclone, explosive wind blast that decimated the land around Aang. The dust soon cleared and he expected to see Aang's body, but he only saw a hole. "That brat! He escaped!" however he heard the launching of an earth pillar from a different angle and he saw Aang launching to him with six rocks that were covered by flames, Erigor was caught off guard and they all crashed into him creating a mid-air explosion. But Aang wasn't done yet. He generated a large, flexible cyclone to catch Erigor and he proceeded to use it to slam Erigor onto the solid ground, making a long ditch where Erigor's defeated body lay. "Elemental Wizard… I…I'm no match…" he muttered as his pupils had disappeared from his eyes.
Aang landed on the ground with minor tears in his outfit. Carla who was previously hiding saw how powerful Aang was. Aang saw her close-by. "Carla, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Good going, by the way…" She replied. "So… this is the power of the Elemental Wizard. I would never have figured he can control his magic so seamlessly. Also, I am curious to know more about this 'Fire Nation' and 'Avatar' talk. But I can ask later after Wendy is rescued."
…
Two whips of water were speeding to Gray but he used his ice geyser on himself so that he would be protected from them. He saw the ice liquefy, giving Kobu more ammo to attack with. Kobu covered his entire body, sans his head with water and he shot his arms forward sending two huge whips of water to Gray. He jumped up to avoid them, but his leg was caught and when Kobu saw this, a grin formed on his face. He swung the Ice Mage into a tree and Gray fell onto his bottom as the attack winded him. He formed an ice blade near the end of his water whip.
"Goodbye, Gray!" he swung his arm and it sliced right through Gray, but Kobu noticed that Gray wasn't in pain and he, in fact, turned to an ice sculpture before he shattered. "W-What…"
"You're not as in control as you think you are," Gray said appearing behind Kobu. "Ice Make: Lance!" he shot ice lances to Kobu and he narrowly avoided them by ducking to the ground. A few of them made a couple tears in his jacket. "I must say, you aren't that bad at all, but you know you're fighting for the wrong people right?" Kobu got up and he was glaring at the ice wizard.
"And just what do you know!?"
"I know plenty, from what Aang, Katara, and the others told me. The Fire Nation is run by a dictator. And you are going to do what he says?"
Kobu laughed. "Ha, you think I'm that unstable... To just reveal my reasons to someone like you, not going to happen."
Gray got into his stance. "It's just a damn shame. If someone as skilled as you fought with Aang and the others, maybe the war would have ended differently."
"Maybe… but I have no interest in fighting on the same side as the Avatar." Kobu made four water whips on the ground surround him.
"Too bad… Ice Make: Saucer!" Gray launched a wide buzzsaw made of ice to Kobu. It was coming to Kobu so fast that he wasn't able to avoid it in time and he got hit again, causing more tears in his outfit.
Kobu took off his jacket revealing his black and white, water tribe shirt underneath. He tied his jacket around his waist and he ripped the fabric off his hair that kept his hair into a ponytail, letting his brown hair fall into a ruffled mess. "Bastard… I've come too far!" he screamed sending three ice drills to Gray but he jumped over them. He noticed that Kobu was starting to lose control and there was less thought to his attacks. "I'll kill you!" he shot numerous thin water rings from a larger water ring that he formed.
"Ice Make: Ice Geyser!" he this time made a tremendous geyser of ice that acted as a large barrier to block the ice blades. He climbed it and saw Kobu on the ground. "I'm ending this, Ice Make: …" He formed a bazooka made of ice that he held with both hands. "… Ice Cannon!" he shot a circular projectile of ice that made a tremendous explosion. Kobu was revealed to have made a shield out of water but it was frozen, though Kobu was alright. Kobu was taking deep breaths and cold mist was coming from his mouth. He liquefied the ice tower that Gray stood on and soon he formed a colossal sphere of water that Gray was inside of.
"It's over, not even you can freeze all of this water!" Kobu was increasing the water pressure inside the water sphere to make it harder for Gray to move. "I'll crush you to death, Ice wizard!" Gray could be seen clutching his throat as it looked like his lungs were filling with water. Kobu smirked… but a bright blue flash could be seen from both of Gray's hands. "NO, NO! I WON'T ALLOW IT!" Kobu tried increasing the water pressure inside the orb but a large bright blue light blinded him from inside the water sphere. Suddenly the entire sphere flash froze instantly and this forced Kobu to his rear. The ice sphere slammed into the ground and it fell apart into slush.
Gray dug out of the snow, walked out, and glared at Kobu. 
"You are one twisted kid." He growled. "Someone should have put you down into your place, 'cause you're out of control!" Gray prepared another spell and Kobu was too fatigued from controlling that water sphere. "Ice Make: Ice Drills!" out of a pale blue magic seal shot four drills made of ice that were spinning as they shot to Kobu. They looked similar to Kobu's ice/water drills that he made earlier. The four spinning ice drills slammed into Kobu and he yelled out in pain as he flew back. He rolled on the ground several times before coming to a stop. He lay there, too hurt to continue the battle.
Gray sighed. "Sheesh… What a messed up kid!"
Aang and Carla ran over to Gray. "Gray, are you alright…?"
"Yeah… Though I have no idea what this kid's problem is. He seems to hate you."
"We can figure that out later… where is Natsu?"
Carla pointed to where a mass of dark energy was gathering. "Does that give you a clue?"
…
There were dark purple winds that surrounded both Natsu and Ping. "I'll make sure that you die right here!" All the dark winds started to form in front of Ping and it was forming a huge purple ball of energy with a red energy core. "Your tombstone will lay here, Natsu Dragneel!" the ball grew to a tremendous size. "NOW DIE! GRAND GRAVITON!" she threw this large orb of energy and it engulfed Natsu creating a huge explosion, and a large crater.
"NATSU!" Aang yelled in worry, he ran to see if she survived but Gray calmly held him back.
"Just wait…" he said with a smirk.
The smoke from the crater was clearing and a pair of flames could be seen from behind the smoke.
"N-NO WAY! THERE IS NO WAY THAT HE COULD HAVE SURVIVED!" Ping screamed in her mind. She saw Natsu's silhouette and it jumped to her. "NO… I can't lose… NOT AGAIN!"
Natsu moved to finish her off. "You'll never beat Fairy Tail!" he started punching her relentlessly with his fists ablaze. "Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon Fist!" Each punch created a tiny explosion and he threw a barrage of them that were raining all over Ping's body. One final punch sent Ping to a tree, the impact almost knocked the tree off its trunk. Natsu looked at her beaten figure; the dark magic that accumulated inside her had vanished along with the black marks that were previously spreading through her body. Natsu smirked. "Ha, now that, that's out of the way…" he started to walk away from her but not before he heard Ping muttering something to herself.
"…ure…" he turned back and he could see her repeating something to herself. "…failure… I'm such a failure…" he saw that her bright yellow eyes returned but there was little emotion to them as if she was half asleep.
"Not really…" Natsu replied. "At least you gave me a fight, I'll remember…"
Ping soon fell unconscious afterwards.
"Oi…" Natsu heard. He saw Gray, Aang, and Carla standing a distance away. 
"Couldn't you have finished that a bit faster, flame-brain?" Gray inquired.
Natsu though didn't look like he was done with her. He started comically shaking her, instantly waking her up. "Hey, you! Where are Happy and Wendy! This is no time for sleeping!" Natsu demanded.
The three looked on with annoyed looking expressions. 
"I-I don't think she knows Natsu…" Aang pointed out.
…
While Natsu, Gray, Aang and Carla got nowhere with asking Ping about the location of the Oración Seis, The two other groups found better luck. Ren had demanded that he tell them the location of the base and once he revealed it, he dropped him to the ground. "Well now that we know. Let's get going!" Sokka said.
"Wait, Sokka," Eve said.
"What is it…? We don't have time to be standing around!" He exclaimed.
"Sokka, you go on forward and rescue your sister and the others. We'll stay behind to see if there are any more dark guilds in the area." Ren said.
"Okay, thanks… but don't take too long. I'll need the backup!"
"Will do." Eve said.
"Hey…" He got their attention. "For a bunch of perverts, you guys are alright."
Ren chuckles to himself. "You're not so bad yourself, for someone with a ponytail."
"Pfft, whatever… I'll meet you guys later." Sokka ran off towards the Oración Seis's location.
…
Toph dropped one of the red hooded members that she grabbed by the collar. "This guy says their base is the abandoned village to the west… whatever that means…"
"The village of the ancients?" Lyon questioned.
"They dug their own graves," Sherry said. "They thought they would beat us, but ended up revealing the location of their base."
Lyon turned to his left. "Lyon, Sherry, Toph… head to the west…"
"What about you, Jura?" Lyon asked.
"I sense a great magic power."
"One of the Oración Seis?" Sherry asked.
"Most likely."
"So, they're already on the move again. I guess they knew these small fry guilds weren't enough to take us down." Toph said.
"I will engage them here!" Jura said with a serious voice.
"I see…" Lyon said. He looked to Sherry and Toph. "Let's move!" Sherry nodded and she and Lyon ran off towards the west.
Jura noticed Toph hadn't moved. "Huh, what's wrong? Aren't you going with them?"
"Nah… hanging out with those two for extended periods of time is bad for my health… plus. I've decided I'm sticking with you."
"Why? It's dangerous!"
"You don't have to tell me twice, but like it or not. I'm staying… plus remember what you said. You said we must use our superior numbers to beat the Oración Seis. At least two people per fight I remember?" Toph said while she grinned.
Jura smirked as he never thought that anyone would remember that rule he made. "Very well… let's deal with this stranger?"
"Sounds like a plan!"
----"I suppose I'll let you off with this for today. You should feel lucky to be alive." Ichiya was revealed to have his arms and legs tied to a thick tree branch. He was hanging from it while two dark mages carried it. "So… please save me!" he cried.
"Will you shut it, you old fart?"
"I'm only 29!"
"We said shut up."
"Okay! How about this?" he started, trying to make the wizards an offer. "I'll be serious this time… So let's have a fair fight, man to man!" they didn't respond. Soon a group of wizards was revealed to be carrying Ichiya through a long dirt path. "I… may have underestimated you. Well, you see… When I'm not in front of a woman, I can't really fight for real… You know, a skilled hawk should hide its talons and all that…"
"Shut up, little pig!"
"Why do we have to bring this guy?" one of the wizards complained.
"Should we off him?"
"You guys should listen to your superiors!" Ichiya said.
"Angel did tell us she forgot to extract some info."
"Oh… That copying magic I've heard about?"
"You know what else I heard… that she likes the bald headed kid the Oración Seis is after."
"What… you mean the Elemental Wizard?"
"Apparently he goes by the name 'Avatar'. He is apparently a very powerful wizard."
"I heard he took on Jose of Phantom Lord and beat him all by himself."
"What a lucky kid… anyway, we should hurry up. I don't want to have to carry this pig."
Ichiya whined 'Men' as he was being carried.
----Back with Aang, Natsu, Gray and Carla… they looked over the waterfall that housed the Oración Seis's secret base.
"Is this is?" Aang asked.
"It looks like it," Natsu replied. "Happy! Wendy! Katara!" he yelled at the top of his voice.
Carla quickly panicked after Natsu's yelling. "Wait! There might be enemies here!"
Aang looked to be thinking about something and Gray noticed. "Oi, Aang. What's up?"
"It's that guy… Brain…"
"You mean the leader of the Oración Seis?"
Aang nodded in response. "Somehow he knew about me, about the others… about the Fire Nation and if Ping and the others didn't say anything… then how did he get this information?"
"Who knows?" Gray said. "Maybe we'll ask him when we see him."
"Oh, I have plenty of questions for him," Aang said with a growl.
Within the headquarters of the Oración Seis, Natsu's calls could be heard.
Happy's ears perked up. "It's Natsu!" Happy exclaimed.
"So they did come…" Katara breathed.
Brain looked to Racer, hoping he would be an effective countermeasure. "Racer. Do not let them near."
"OK." …Was Racer's simple reply before he disappeared into a blur.
"Damn trash." Brain said with a smirk.
Outside the headquarters, on top of the waterfall, the four were still standing there until they spot a gold glint from the bottom of the island. Less than a second later, Racer zips past them, striking Aang, Natsu, Gray, and Carla.
Natsu slid back on his feet. "It's him again!"
Aang got to one knee. "Of all of them… why send him?"
Inside the cave, Brain locked his intimidating gaze upon Wendy. "It is time."
"Don't do it, Wendy!" Happy exclaimed.
"Aang and the others will get here soon, so don't do what he says!" Katara exclaimed.
Brain got mad so he shot a blast to Happy, making bounce against the stone wall.
"Oh, THAT'S IT!" Katara bent all the sweat from her body as well as Wendy's, making a sharp edge on the blob of water as she looked to slice through Brain. After only taking two steps, Brain shot a dark green energy burst at her. She had no choice but to use her water to block it but the energy from the impact sent her sliding on her back, some minor bruises dotted her body.
"The Lost Magic, Healing Magic… if you won't use it now, when would you?" She didn't respond, her bangs were covering her eyes. "DO IT!" Brain exclaimed, his raised voice startling the little girl.
"Jellal…" Wendy said in a soft voice before she slowly started tightening her fists.
Happy looked on while Katara held her stomach which took most of the blast from Brain's attack.
Outside the headquarters, Racer was on top of a tree branch. 
"Natsu, Aang. I'll handle things here, you two go quickly!" Gray said.
"Right…" Natsu said.
"Cover us!" Aang added as he and Natsu turned around.
Racer smirked as he disappeared again; he leaped from the tree down towards the three. "You really think I'll let you go?" though he unintentionally flipped in mid-air and landed on his back. Gray had made an ice wall that caused Racer to slip to the ground.
Natsu looked back. "Alright! Carla now's our chance! Wings!"
Though after looking back he saw that Carla was lying on her back with spinning swirls replacing her eyes…
"Guess she didn't take Racer's attack too well…" Aang said while a drop of sweat fell from the side of his head.
Gray quickly came up with an idea. "Oh, well. Get going on this!" he made an ice slide that lead right to the island.
Natsu picked up Carla and jumped onto it immediately, despite Carla telling him to wait. As they slid down the white cat was screaming in terror. Aang followed after them, sliding down the ice slide.
"Why you…" Racer began as he appeared behind Gray. "You stopped my running." He calmly complained.
"It looked more like you tripped and fell to me…" Gray said facing Racer.
As Natsu and Carla got to the bottom, Natsu stopped in his tracks while Carla hovered in front of him. "Are you motion sick?" she asked.
Aang quickly got off once he saw the two in front of him. "Yeah, that tends to happen!" Aang made a dash to look for the entrance. The three started calling out for them.
Happy who was inside the base heard their calls from Natsu, Carla, and Aang, in that order.
"Happy!"
"Wendy!"
"Katara!"
After hearing them, Happy was hoping to lead them to him. 
"NATSU!" He cried out.
This got the trio's attention and they saw a cave entrance. 
"They're inside!" Carla noted.
"Then we can't waste time out here!" Aang led the three to the entrance.
They stood at the entrance of the cave, each with shocked expressions on their faces.
"N-no way…" Aang began.
"That's…" Natsu stuttered.
"No doubt about it… it's him alright!"
"Natsu…" Happy said turning to face him while still on the ground.
Katara who was also lying down faced the others. "Aang…" but she had a shocked expression with warm tears running down her cheeks. "Wendy… she…"
Brain turned his head to them with an evil grin on his face. Wendy was on her knees, lightly sobbing. "I'm… I'm s-sorry… I…"
Natsu and Aang couldn't contain their shock and fear. There he was, the man who had caused so much suffering at the Tower of Heaven was standing in front of them. The figure they were scared of turned to face them and from his bored looking expression, short blue hair and red markings on his face. They immediately knew it was him!
"Jellal…" Natsu muttered.
----Meanwhile, Hibiki is still trying to assist the others using his Archive magic. Zuko and Lucy were watching over the still Erza as the poison spread past her upper arm and past her shoulder, and also down towards her wrist.
"This is bad. The poison seems to be spreading more and more…" Lucy said.
Zuko remained silent was had his right fist clenched. He started growling. "I can't take this!" he exclaimed. "Where are they!? Have they found Wendy yet?" he asked looking to Hibiki.
"Actually… I can't contact anyone…"
"WHAT!?" Lucy and Zuko exclaimed.
"Don't worry… I'll contact them… I swear…" Hibiki assured.
Zuko stood up. "I hate just having to sit around and do nothing! Erza's running out of time! If Erza were to… I don't even want to think about that…"
"Zuko…" Lucy said in a calming voice. "I'm sure they will get here in time. All we can do, is wait for now." Lucy put on the best smile she could. "Don't worry. Erza will be fine; she won't let poison get the best of her…"
Zuko sighed, though it was one of relief. "Yeah… you're right… Erza too stubborn for that… Thanks, Lucy."
Lucy nodded while she looked at Erza's sleeping body. "Hang in there, Erza!"
----Back in the cave, Wendy continued to apologize while she was crying. "I'm…sorry… This person… saved my life…" she said in between sobs.
"Wait… what?!" Aang exclaimed.
"Wendy! You used Healing Magic? What are you thinking! If you use that power recklessly…" before Carla could finish, Wendy looked to be falling to the ground. "WENDY!" she screamed.
Katara quickly ran and caught her before she could hit the ground. "It's okay… I've got her!" Katara exclaimed and as she held Wendy, she was glaring at Jellal while tears were still falling down her face as Jellal eyed the two girls.
Carla then looked at Aang and noticed that his arrow tattoos started glowing. "W-what… what is this?"
"Why are you here?!" Aang growled as he stepped forward.
Natsu's right fist ignited while Aang covered himself in an air sphere. Both of them charged to the blue haired wizard. 
"JELLAL!" They cried.
Jellal simply glared at the two of them and he blasted Natsu with an all-consuming, yellow blast which forced him into a wall while rocks fell on him.
"NATSU!" Katara and Happy exclaimed.
Aang stopped running and two magic circles formed in front of him as he held his breath. "Fire Dragon's Freezing Roar!" Jellal turned to Aang and shot another light blast which successfully blocked the blast of blue, freezing fire. Once this happened, Aang summoned his ice rose blades and sped towards Jellal. In response, Jellal shot a bright blast to Aang's right blade, shattering it instantly. But Aang was on target with his left arm and slashed with all the energy he had, but Jellal's hand looked to be enough to stop it in its tracks… Aang's eyes grew and his breathing became heavy before Jellal shot he shot a light blast into his gut with his free left hand, sending him back towards the entrance. After he hit the ground, the glow on his arrows died.
"AANG NO!" Katara screamed.
"You even managed to, stop the Avatar… Tremendous magical power as always, I see." Brain complimented. Jellal looked to Brain and made an explosion of light around him. "WHAT!"
After the explosion, Jellal looked to Katara and Wendy, who Katara held closer as soon as his gaze met hers. She maintained her glare toward him. Jellal paid no attention to the pair as he walked out.
When walking past Carla and Aang he took a brief look at Aang on the ground while Carla was stunned with fear. He walked out into the light and out of the cave.
Carla continued to look at the entrance as Jellal left. Her attention was grabbed when Aang started to stir. "Ugh… did someone get the number of that Sky Bison?" he asked while swirls were in his eyes.
"Natsu, wake up!" Happy yelled.
After hearing Happy's voice, Natsu shot up, throwing the rocks off of him. "Jellal!" Natsu exclaimed while swiftly turning his head. "Where is that bastard?"
Carla approached the two of them. "He left." She answered. "I don't know who that guy is… But isn't bringing Wendy back with you more important right now?" Natsu glared out at the entrance. "Don't you want to save Erza?" she exclaimed, reminding him of the situation at hand.
"She's right…" Natsu saw Aang getting up after his short dizzy spell. "While Jellal is dangerous, we have to save Erza first before we do anything else."
Carla sweat dropped. "You could have said this when you had to fight those three from before…"
Natsu looked to Happy. "Let's go, Happy!"
"Aye, sir!"
Katara looked to Carla. "I'll carry Wendy. Can you carry the both of us?"
"Why not make him do it?" Carla said aiming her eyes to Happy who got startled by what she suggested.
Carla carried Natsu while Happy carried Katara and Wendy, Aang launched himself out using an earth pillar.
Within the base, Midnight was still sleeping and an explosion happened within the base. This came from Brain, who was in a deep hole Jellal blasted him into. "That did not go as planned… Well, it is my mistake for releasing him from the restraints. But he's never been hostile toward me before." Brain continued to ponder to himself about Jellal. "Could he have overheard the discussions about Nirvana, even as he was sleeping?" Brain quickly realized something which caused his eyes to grow. "Damn that Jellal! Does he plan to steal Nirvana for himself!? I will not allow it!" He exclaimed with veins stretching from his eyes. "It's ours! We will not hand it over to anyone!" he looked out of the hole. "COBRA! Can you hear me?! Jellal has escaped, go after him! Nirvana should be where he is heading!"
Meanwhile within one of the large forests… "Okay. I heard ya… And I've already heard Jellal's footsteps." Cobra said while Cubelios was around his body, he stroked the jaw of the purple and white snake.
…
Gray meanwhile was thrown to a tree and Racer was zipping towards him while disappearing and reappearing continuously. Racer kicked the very tall tree as his kick missed. Racer jumped off the trees around him to land on the top branch. "What incredible speed this bastard has!"
"My codename is Racer. Faster than anyone, faster than anything…" Racer out of the corner of his peripheral, a beam of light shot to him but he easily avoided it.
"Hey!" Sokka exclaimed and he was on top of another tree branch. "My codename is Sokka… and uh… I can't think of anything right now…" Racer speeds to him but he can't get to Sokka due to Gray intercepting him with his ice lances. So he dodged the ice projectiles, giving Sokka an opening. He jumped off the tree and attempted to slice Racer but the wizard disappeared from his sight. Sokka landed on the ground, close to Gray.
"What are you doing here? Where are the others?" Gray asked.
"Ren and Eve said they were going to search for more Dark guilds to find more information. So they let me go ahead… So we get to fight this speedy bastard, great…" Sokka ended in a sarcastic tone.
Racer looked up and so did Gray and Sokka with horrified looks on their faces.
"Wait… is that…" Sokka began.
"They found them?" Gray said.
"Impossible! Brain should have been inside! How did they…"
Sokka chuckled. "You don't know who you're dealing with pal."
"They saved them by beating him up, obviously!" Gray exclaimed.
"You're not getting away!" Racer said as he jumped up to them.
"Crap, Natsu, Aang. Dodge!" Gray yelled.
Racer rushed up to them and kicked the six of them out of the sky. Natsu is the first to land on the ground and Aang lands second. Natsu sees the unconscious Wendy falling to the ground. Natsu crawls on his hands and feet and manages to catch her while grinding on the ground. Aang catches Katara by creating an air cushion for her to land on.
The three rose to their feet with Natsu carrying Wendy. 
"Happy! Carla!" He exclaimed. Both cats had swirls in their eyes.
Natsu carried Wendy and Happy while Aang carried Carla, Katara ran beside them in a desperate attempt to escape.
"I said you're not getting away!" Racer exclaimed, and he saw a glint in the corner of his eye and he ducked under Sokka's boomerang which slowed him down.
"STOP HIM GRAY!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Ice Make: Rampart!" Gray erected a colossally tall wall of ice which Racer crashed into, stopping his advances. Natsu, Aang and Katara stop running for a second to see the ice wall separating them. "Go!" Gray said while he was sweating.
"You heard him, get out of here!" Sokka exclaimed.
"No way…! We can help you!" Katara said.
"No… I said that… I'd get this guy," Gray said.
Natsu turned back to the ice wall. "But you just used too much magic power!"
"Whatever, just go!"
"You're running out of time, don't forget. You guys have to save Erza!" Sokka reminded.
"Sokka… Gray…" Katara muttered worriedly.
"He isn't getting past here, not even over my dead body!" Gray said while panting.
"We'll hold him off here, so just go. There's no time for this!" Sokka said while standing next to Gray.
"Fine!" Natsu said.
Katara though didn't want to leave them behind. "Wait, but what about…"
"He has to, Katara, we can't afford to be stopped here." Aang said.
Katara had her eyes closed before she reopened them. "Gray, you better watch Sokka's back!"
The three started running. 
"We'll save Erza, you bet!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Once that's done, we'll come back for you!" Katara exclaimed.
Once they were gone, Gray smirked. Sokka was taking deep breaths beside him. "So, are we really doing this?" Sokka asked.
"Like we have a choice."
"You bastards…" Racer said with his calm voice as he put his hand on the ice wall. "You stopped my running twice now."
"And it won't be the last time, either…" Gray said. "Ice can even stop the flow of eternity." Racer glared at the pair. "So you'll never be able to catch up, for eternity. You'll always be eating the dust of Fairy Tail."
"We said we'll stop you, and that's a promise we're going to keep!" Sokka's sword was becoming engulfed in a bright yellow light.
----Elsewhere Kobu was sitting on the ground next to Ping waiting for her to wake up. When she finally stirred he looked at her. "So… you're finally awake?" Kobu said with a slightly irritated tone.
"The Avatar… where is he? Did you get him?" She asked rubbing her head.
"What do you think?" Kobu stood up. "He's long gone, along with the others."
"Why… why do we keep losing to those damned Fairies!?" She angrily asked.
"Because Fairy Tail are protecting him that's why…? We'd have enough trouble taking him down if he was on his own. But now, it's impossible…"
"No! I refuse to give up, the Avatar will die and so will Fairy Tail!"
"That's your problem…"
Ping angrily turned to him. 
"What did you say!" She snarled.
"You think you can take on anything… I've heard of you before we met, people kept talking about the girl from the East Dragon Academy, I even heard you took on three firebenders and won. Sure, back in our world, you were probably the most powerful Non-bender there was, but in this world… That means nothing!"
"You better stop talking, boy…"
"I'm not finished… Fairy Tail is not only stronger than us, but they heavily outnumber us too. We'd need an army to even have a chance of beating them. There's only four of us, for us to beat Fairy Tail by ourselves is impossible!"
"So what are you suggesting? That we give up!?"
"I'm saying we shift our attention. We have to catch the Avatar off guard and take him out, simple. At this stage, we lost to Fairy Tail enough times that they don't even consider us a threat. So in a way that makes our job easier."
Ping laughed. "That isn't how the Fire Nation does things, we strike fear into our opponents and crush their spirits until there's nothing left!"
"Yeah… I'm sure Natsu was shaking with fear…" Kobu sarcastically jabbed. "It's safe to say you underestimated Natsu, just as I have underestimated Gray, but at least I was closer to beating him. From the looks of your bruises… you look like you took a beating."
Ping stood up and leaned on her sword for support. "So what do you suggest we do?"
"We watch the Avatar's moments and then wait for the perfect moment to strike, trying to beat Fairy Tail in a straight fight… its pipe dream at best."
Ping started to growl in anger. "How do the Oración Seis know about the Avatar anyway?"
"You're asking me?" Kobu said turning to her with a simple expression, he sighed afterwards. "What a hopeless situation we find ourselves in… and the Oración Seis's knowledge of the Avatar and our world complicates things…" he turns to see that a figure had taken Erigor's jacket and placed it on him. Ping instantly recognized the figure. "Uh Ping, you know that guy?"
She didn't answer as she sprinted as fast as her legs could towards the figure. The figure turned around and saw her coming. 
"You again, you'll pay for your betrayal! JELLAL!" she leaped and she was primed to slice through his entire body but he quickly raised his hand and shot a blast of light into Ping's gut, causing her to slide on the dirt while holding her stomach. Kobu was mildly surprised. 
"You Bastard!" She weakly muttered.
Jellal's gaze turned to Kobu. "Hey, I'm not going to attack you, so don't bother…" Jellal simply left the pair to process what had just happened… Kobu looked to Ping. "That was foolish, your magic was depleted and you think you still had a chance?"
"Shut up! What I know for certain… is that the Avatar… Jellal and all of Fairy Tail will all pay."
"Yeah, nice empty threat there," Kobu muttered. With his arms folded.
Back with Jellal, he continued walking down a path while he looked at his hand he had one thing on his mind. "Erza…" Jellal walked through the dirt path with a scowl on his face.
----Natsu, Aang, and Katara were sprinting back to Erza. Happy who was being carried by Natsu started to wake up.
"You okay, Happy?" Natsu worriedly asked.
"Natsu… where are we?"
"Don't talk, just rest a little while."
"But… Jellal…"
"We can't afford to worry about that now," Aang said. "We have bigger things to worry about…" "This doesn't make sense. How is he here! The Oración Seis are dangerous enough, but now that Jellal is here… I don't even want to think about it!"
"Natsu, Aang!" the pair stopped as they heard a voice from an unknown source.
"Did you guys hear that?" Aang asked.
Natsu started to look around. "Yeah… where is it coming from…?"
"I don't hear anything." Katara noted.
"Can you hear me?" the voice asked.
"That voice…?" Natsu wondered.
"Wait… is that you Hibiki?" Aang asked.
"Hibiki? Where?" Katara asked.
"Uh… who is he again?" Natsu asked while a red question mark popped out from Happy and Katara after they used their heads to scan the area for Hibiki.
"It's me. Hibiki, from Blue Pegasus." Hibiki was typing on his archive keyboard as fast as he could. "Thank goodness. I was getting worried after not being able to contact anyone."
"Maybe that means we're close!" Aang figured.
"Really! Where are you!?" Natsu asked with a raised voice.
"Not so loud. One of the enemies has very good hearing." Hibiki reminded.
"You're talking about Cobra, aren't you?" Aang asked.
"Yes, and it is possible he could intercept our conversation. That's why I'm speaking directly to your minds." He pressed a button that made a screen rise up and it showed Hibiki's face pointing a pink arrow to the heads of Natsu and Aang. Natsu looked confused and Katara shared this expression. "So, how are Wendy, Katara and the cat?"
"They're here, although Wendy is unconscious." Natsu answered.
"Though, Happy and Katara are alright…" Aang answered.
"I see. Thank goodness."
"I'm confused! How are you talking to Hibiki right now?" Katara exclaimed with comical expression.
"You look just like Lucy right now," Happy mentioned.
"Okay, Aang. I'm going to upload an app directly into your head that'll guide you here," Hibiki said. "The cat seems to have used too much magic and taken too much damage for me to connect; the same could be said for Katara. Anyway, hurry back."
"Okay, but what is an app?" Aang asked.
"I think he said apple… I don't get you." Natsu said.
Suddenly a loading bar appeared over Aang's head and when the blue bar was filled, Aang's eyes grew. "Natsu, Katara… follow me!" Aang started running while Katara and Aang followed.
"Uh, Aang how were you and Natsu talking to Hibiki?" Katara inquired.
"I don't really know, maybe it's his magic, but there is this thing in my head… And I know where Erza and the others are."
"Really!?"
"Yes… it's like I have a map in my head or something."
"I wish I had a map in my head," said Happy.
Hibiki saw Aang and Natsu's heads as blips on a flat map of the section of the forest.
"Hurry back, you two." He turned to see Erza's right arm covered in veins of poison. "There is no time left!"
Lucy and Zuko continued to watch over Erza. Zuko growled under his breath as he helplessly watched Erza getting poisoned.
"So, how did you tell Natsu and Aang where we are?" Lucy asked.
"My magic, Archive, can compress information. By compressing it, people can pass information over more easily." Hibiki explained.
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" Zuko said.
"Using magic to convert information into data is a recent concept, you see."
"Oh." Lucy breathed. "I see."
"It still sounds like gibberish to me." Zuko said.
"Anyway, thank goodness Wendy is safe."
"Yes, but they need to get here quickly!" Zuko looked down to Erza. "Until they come back, I'll be the one to protect you, Erza. That's a promise."
Hibiki looks at them and smiles, this didn't go unnoticed by Lucy.
"Hey! What are you smiling about at a time like this?"
"Oh, I'm sorry…" Hibiki apologized with a slight chuckle. "I didn't mean to offend you."