Fairies vs Phantoms Part 1

**Natsu:** *Last time on Fairy Tail: Legend of Aang.*

Aang uses Ice Magic to freeze the walls and stop Sol from escaping

**Aang:** *We finally learned how to stop the Abyss Break spell.*

The Phantom Giant is writing slowly after Sol and Juvia's defeat.

**Gray:** *All we have to do is defeat Phantom's Element 4*

Juvia has hearts in her eyes after he asks if they can fight again.

**Katara:** *By my count we have defeated three of them, which means there is one Element 4 left.*

Mira and Aang tells them about how to break the Abyss Break spell.

**Toph:** *Yeah that's nice toots but the last guy is really getting on my nerves.*

Natsu and Toph struggle to beat Aria.

**Natsu:** *Don't be getting soft on me Toph! Let's hurry up and beat this guy!*

Both begin to glare at Aria as their battle continues

**Toph:** *Yeah, my real target is that metal eating freak*

Shows Toph and Gajeel's battle from before in the Phantom Lord Guild Hall.

Inside Magnolia a war between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord is currently taking place. On a roof close to the giant mage was Gray, Mira, Elfman, Katara and Aang were standing looking at the slowed giant's writing speed.

"So all we must do now is defeat the Element 4 so we can stop this thing?" Elfman asked to make sure.

"Yes, the Abyss Break is powered by the four Elements. Water, Earth, Fire and Wind." Mira said.

"But how these guys use the elements is way different to ours." Aang deduced. "According to Toph, Totomaru could blast fire of any color and intensity, Rainbow Fire it was called… Firebenders are incapable of that skill. Sol was fast and flexible, he was almost as agile as an Airbender, yet he controlled the earth element, but all he could do is generate attacks made of sand and plaster and rocks."

"But Juvia is as close to a waterbender I have seen in this world." Katara said "She lacks the full control of water, yet she can turn it into a deadly weapon and shift her body to behave like water. Unlike me, she can't freeze water but depending on her mood her water can get very hot."

"That leaves one more." Gray said.

"Aria of the Heavens." Mira said.

"It would be safe to assume that Aria doesn't just blast air out of his hands or anything like that, considering what the Element 4 have been able to throw at us so far." Aang said.

Meanwhile Natsu and Toph were panting as it would seem they were taking a beating from Aria. "Well, I can tell this much. He's *not* Twinkle Toes that's for sure!"

"I'm not going to lose after coming this far!" Natsu yelled.

"Oh, you think so?" Aria asked and he outstretched his hand and a light purple magic circle appeared in front of him. "**Airspace: Zetsu!**" he exclaimed and he shot blasts of air from his hand. But Toph made an earth wall rise but they began to explode and made light purple small explosions that exploded around them and they even shattered the barrier that Toph made and both her and Natsu took the full brunt of the attack.

"Y'know you are really getting on my nerves!" Toph angrily said as she grit her teeth.

Happy was watching in fear.

"*It's impossible. Even Natsu and Toph working together can't even get one hit on Aria.*" The blue cat thought.

"Damn him, he really is strong!" Natsu said.

"Oh yeah! Who says!" Toph then stomped on the ground and she made an earth wave speed to Aria and there was a dust explosion made by the impact and she made bricks from the walls fly off and they sped off and Toph made them stop moving.

"Behind us!" Toph yelled and Aria fired another Zetsu attack and both her and the Fire Dragon Slayer were hit by the air explosions.

"There will always be those that are stronger than both of you!"

Natsu punches his fists together and he cupped both his hands and put them in front of his mouth. "Is that right! Then take this! **Fire Dragon's Roar!**" Natsu shot a blast of fire from his mouth and they went through the space in between his hands and they sped to Aria but he disappeared. "Huh? Where did he go?" Natsu asked.

"This is the end for you Salamander, but first I must take care of one little detail." He appeared to the side of Toph and he casted his Zetsu spell and this made explosions around Toph and she flew back and she slammed into the wall.

"Toph!" Natsu and Happy exclaimed.

"You… bastard." Toph said as she collapsed to the ground.

"Why you!" Natsu began but suddenly Aria was now appeared a lot bigger than he was and he had his palms above Natsu.

"You will suffer the same pain that your master suffered! **Airspace: Metsu**!" suddenly two light purple magic circles appeared at Natsu's side and they were tilted and a yellow glow appeared under the Dragon Slayer he began to float and he was screaming out in pain. "This magic will reduce you to nothing."

"Natsu!" Happy exclaimed in dread.

"My power is fading away!" Natsu said as his skin began to turn a sickly green like Makarov from before but suddenly Aria was kicked in the face and he fell to the ground and Natsu was freed from the spell.

"Erza!?" Natsu exclaimed.

"Red? Is that you?" Toph said as she got up and she held her left arm

Natsu turned to the Armored Wizard. "You sure you should be moving around with injuries like yours."

Erza glares at Aria with angry brown eyes.

"Erza's angry!" Happy yelled.

"So you are the one who drained the Master's power. You just drained his magic so he couldn't fight you."

Aria got up and he smiled. "The sorrow! It is sad that not only will I be taking the heads of the Salamander and the Bandit, but also the head of the legendary Titania as well!" he said as tears streamed down his face. "Now that I am fighting Erza Scarlet. I will take this fight seriously." He took off his blind fold and he revealed purple eyes that weren't eyes at all but rather light purple circles that were cut into four with an 'X' cut.

…

Meanwhile Mira, Elfman, Grey, Aang and Katara were running down the long halls of the Phantom Guild. "His eyes?" Aang asked as Mira had just told them about Aria's eyes.

"Yes, if you face Aria make sure he never revealed his eyes. When that happens the battle will be over in an instant." Mira said.

"He's not going to use some magic that turns us to stone will he?" Katara asked.

"No, but his real power is revealed when he shows his eyes."

Also outside where the Zuko and the Fairy Tail mages were fighting the shades and Zuko attracted a number of them to him and he spun on his back and he shot flames out of his feet and he obliterated the ones around him. Suddenly a shade went through him.

"Zuko!" Cana yelled but Zuko jumped up and he made shot endless flames around him as he spun and he burnt up more of them.

"I'm not magic, so these things can't drain what I don't have." Zuko exclaimed and suddenly the Abyss Break circle began to glow signaling it was close to completion. "Tell me what's happening!?" Zuko asked.

"The Abyss Break is close to completion!" Cana exclaimed.

"But how did it charge up so quickly? It was moving slowly not too long ago."

"The last of the Element 4 must be very powerful."

"*Uncle this battle better turn out how you said, or else I'm in big trouble.*" Zuko thought.

Aria and Erza are still staring at each other. "Come fight me, Titania." He made wind circle around him. "I have activated the Airspace of Death: Zero. This is the magic that consumes all life.

"You use magic that consume's life." Erza said as a magenta magical seal appeared below her right hand and she held the blade in her right hand. "How is it that you can steal people's lives so easily? You fiend!"

Aria ignored her. "Why don't you just have fun, Titania." Erza sprints towards Aria while doing a battle cry. "**Airspace: Zero!**" he exclaimed and he blasted a huge blast of air with yellow particles but Erza was slicing through them easily. "*Impossible how is she able to survive the Airspace: Zero?!*" Aria thought and he saw Erza jump up into the air and she was encased in a yellow glow

"**Heaven's Wheel!**" She requiped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor and she expanded her four wings and she descended to Aria with her arm's crossed and made a cross slash and sliced past Aria however many swords cloaked in light blue energy followed through and they struck Aria. "**Blumenblatt!**" she chanted and the swords that struck Aria disappeared and the Wind Mage fell to the ground with tears in his clothing. "Master should never have been defeated by the likes of you." She said after Aria was defeated. Erza transformed to her regular outfit without her Heart Kreuz Armour and she collapsed.

"Erza!" Natsu yelled and he caught her. "Stay with me Erza."

"She'll be fine, Flame brain. But we need to wait for the others and rest, as we are now. We can't hope to beat Jose or Gajeel."

Natsu nodded as he now decided to go with Toph's idea.

Meanwhile outside with the battle with the Shades, the magic circle shrunk and disappeared and the glowing red eyes had disappeared. Suddenly the huge humanoid guild powered down and its arms fell into the water below. "So it's over?" Zuko asked but the shades were still around them.

"No, the shades are still coming." Macao said.

"I thought so, these Phantom guys don't know when to quit do they?" Zuko asked. "Since I have no magic to absorb, I'll get their attention while you guys destroy them."

Cana held up her cards in her fingers. "I'll back you up."

"Forget it! It's too dangerous!"

Cana shot a dangerous glare at him. "I'm protecting my home and my family, don't tell me that this is too dangerous!" she said with a venom in his voice and Zuko's eyes widened, this was the first person to strike fear down his spine, even though it was only a little.

"Uh- lead the way." Zuko said now becoming submissive and Cana walked towards the shades.

"Pay attention new guy, because the females in our guild are scary." Wakaba said while chuckling. Zuko shot a fire arc that stopped close to Wakaba and he glared at him. "Okay… you're also scary too!" he said while panicking. Zuko walked to join Cana and he smirked a little.

Meanwhile Loke is running towards the safe house that Lucy was in with Reedus but suddenly there was a loud bang that came from the safe house.

Inside Reedus is still trying to defend Lucy while she stands by him. Three members from Phantom are inside with one of them hanging from the roof with menacing red eyes and long spiky hair hanging downwards this was obviously the Iron Dragon, Gajeel.

Another was dark skinned and had purple sunglasses with one of the lenses being shattered. He was bald and wore a red shirt with white coat with a dark blue collar, this was Boze.

The third figure was dark skinned as well and she had dark olive hair, she wore a blue torn sleeveless shirt with olive pants, she had magenta bandages tied around her arms and she wore a purple jester like hat with the Phantom Lord symbol on it. She was Sue.

Reedus is prepared to paint another attack on his stomach.

"Lucy run!" He told her.

"No way, I will fight too!" She defiantly said.

He paints on his stomach.

"**Pict Magic: Roar of Silver**!" He exclaimed and three Vulcans jumped from his stomach and they jumped through a white and green magic circle to attack the three.

Boze eyed the Vulcan's with interest. "Vulcan's huh? Those ones that live in Mt Hakobe."

"Just pathetic." Sue said as she made a green and transparent magic seal appear in front of her. "**Mirror Magic: Form Mirror**!" suddenly in front of those magic circles made six circular mirrors appear in front of her and they absorbed the Vulcans and they all glowed and they sent them back to Reedus. "My Mirror magic can reflect an enemy's attacks back at them.

Boze then makes a light purple magic circle appear in front of him. "**Howling**!" he chanted and musical notes that made a screeching noise that engulfed Reedus and he screamed and he fell to his back.

Gajeel chuckled as he walked towards Lucy but suddenly a huge wall of fire separated her from the Iron Dragon Slayer. "Attacking a girl that cannot fight back, what happened to your honor?" A voice said.

"Salamander?" Boze asked.

"No, the smell is different, and this fire is definitely not his." Gajeel said as he glared at the figure who walked through the fire.

"You will stop now, Phantom Lord!" The figure said as he revealed himself to be Iroh.

"W-who are you?" Lucy asked.

"I'm a friend, but enough of that. You must get out of here now while you still have the chance." He said.

"Am I supposed to be scared of an old man?" Gajeel asked.

"This old man isn't going to let you push Fairy Tail around anymore. I may not be a Dragon Slayer but I know I can beat you!"

"You're just another bluff old man. I'll fight this guy on my own." He turned his right arm into an iron pillar and he shot it towards Iroh but surprisingly he held the pillar with both his hands as he slid back and he held onto it tight and he opened his mouth and he shot flames out of his mouth and a huge fire stream sped to Gajeel and he was hit and he slid back and he was smoking. "You used a breath attack and you say you're not a Dragon Slayer."

"Your guild calls themselves the strongest yet they pride themselves on hurting those that are weaker than them, you're nothing but cowards."

"No one talk to me like that, not even you old man! **Iron Dragon Pillar!**" He sprinted towards Iroh and he turned his arm into a pillar and tried to punch him but he ducked under it and he then he placed his hands on Gajeel's stomach and he shot a fire bomb from both his hands and this sent Gajeel to a wooden pillar and he quickly got up.

"How are you not a Dragon Slayer?" Lucy asked as he seemed to be using similar attacks to Natsu.

"Unless, you are a Firebender!" she realized.

"So the Avatar has been telling you about everything, that is good, but you should really run. I don't know how much longer I can hold Gajeel off."

"Don't get cocky you old bastard!" Gajeel turns his right arm into a sword with jagged spikes on the outside of it and they began spinning and it formed a pseudo chainsaw sword. Gajeel sprinted towards Iroh.

"**Iron Dragon Sword!**" He exclaimed and he sliced the ground close to Iroh which forced him to jump back and he a dust cloud was made when the blade grinded across the ground and through the dust Iroh was hit in the but by one of Gajeel's pillars and this sent him to the wall.

"Old Man!" Lucy yelled not knowing his name.

"Don't worry, I still have one more trick up my sleeve." Iroh got back to his feet and he began moving his arms in a circular motion and flashes of blue lighting could be seen and Lucy's eyes widened.

"*He's just like the Firebending Girl that Aang and I came across from before*." Lucy thought as she flashed back to that event.

Iroh shot a bolt of blue lightning to Gajeel and he screamed as he fell to one knee. "You being moderately made of Iron I take it will be enough to hurt you, but not enough to kill you. Iroh's eyes quickly turned to the other two Phantom Mages and he saw Boze throwing his Howling attack at him and he covered his ears so he wouldn't feel the full extent of the attack. After Iroh fell to his knees Gajeel shot another iron pillar at him and he slid backwards.

He saw Lucy trying to run but he kicked her before she could get far.

"Fairy Tail can't be so hot if they let someone like you join." He looked to Iroh and he was back on his feet. "Sheesh, old man just doesn't know when to quit."

"I'm not going to let you get away with doing this. Phantom had gone too far!" He took a deep breath and he made a ball of fire in front of him and he shot it forward to the ground and the shock wave of the explosion forced the three of them backwards and Gajeel dropped Lucy and Iroh rushed to the three of them and he shot a stream of fire towards Sue.

"Ha, stupid fool! **Form Mirror**!" She exclaimed and Iroh's fire was absorbed by one of the mirrors and all six of them shot them back at Iroh but he outstretched both his hands and he cut through his own fire and he jumped up and when he landed on the floor he shot a flat wave of fire from his leading foot and Gajeel put up his iron pillar to defend himself but it was slightly scorched.

Iroh then smiled.

"What's with the smile you old man!?" Gajeel angrily asked.

"It's funny that you call me a Dragon Slayer, funny enough I was called 'The Dragon of the West' I'm ashamed to admit it, but I even killed a dragon before in my early life. Maybe I'll give you a demonstration." He blew a huge, wide stream of fire from his mouth and Gajeel forced his pillars to shoot himself in the air after they hit the ground and he avoided Iroh's fire.

Gajeel smirked. "**Iron Dragon Pillar**!" his arm turned to a pillar and he shot it to the ground but instead of aiming for Iroh he aimed it at Lucy. Iroh quickly stepped in front of Lucy and crossed his arms and he took the full brunt of the attack and he flew back into Lucy and they both rolled backwards. "Gi hi hi! You may be strong, but you have a weak mind, West Dragon." He lifts Lucy but suddenly Loke arrives and he blocks Gajeel's path. "Oh we have another one. You Fairy flies are everywhere aren't you?"

"Give the girl to me, or I'll have to take her from you by force." Loke warned.

Gajeel drops Lucy as she had been knocked out from when Iroh crashed into her.

"We'll see how tough you really are." Gajeel said and Loke charged to him and his rings were glowing yellow and but he missed and Gajeel attacked him with his Iron Dragon's Pillar but he missed as Loke dodged his attack and he leaped towards the Iron Dragon Slayer and he just missed punching his head. "*What is with this guy I sense something odd with him?*"

Lucy slowly stirs and opens her eyes and see that Loke is busy fighting Gajeel. "L-Loke…" she muttered before she passed out.

"Hehe, what are you exactly, you smell weird."

Loke clenches his fist but he suddenly starts 'glitching' as he began to feel his power fade.

"Dammit, not now." He said.

"Too slow! **Iron Dragon Pillar**!" he turned both his arms into pillars and he shot them at Loke and he flew through the wooden wall of the safe house and he slid on the ground.

"Gi hi. Chasing this girl wasn't as boring as I thought it would be." Gajeel said.

Inside the huge humanoid mechanical monster. Jose was watching from the main room. "I am dissatisfied with how things are turning out. The Element 4 are defeated, and even the Earth and Water mages we came across have failed. Where is Gajeel?" he asked the mages in the room but coming from the shadows was the person in question and he was holding Lucy under his right arm.

"You should have sent me to get her from the start, nothing can beat the nose of a Dragon Slayer." He said as he smirked.

"Is she alive?" one of the Phantom mages asked.

"Yes, we won't get the reward if she is dead, Gajeel." Jose said.

"Well let's see." Gajeel kicks her in the gut and she hits the wall of the room. She grunts painfully as this is the sign that she is still alive. "Is that proof enough?"

"Good work as always, Gajeel." Jose said.

Later Jose makes an announcement.

"Attention Fairy Tail. I want you all to hear this." Jose said as all the guild member inside the building were now listening.

Gajeel who was in the room as well began pulling Lucy up by her hair and this made her scream out in pain.

Aang, Mira, Gray, Katara and Elfman were still running through the halls when they heard Lucy screaming. "L-Lucy!?" Aang said.

"No way? How did they get to her?" Katara asked. Aang formed a sphere of air below him and he was about to speed off on his air scooter. "Aang! Wait!" Katara yelled.

"Wait for what? They have Lucy we don't have time to wait."

"Think for a second will ya!? Why else would they tell us they have Lucy, they want us to get mad at them so we won't think when we fight. This isn't the time to go charging in right now. They need Lucy alive, so time is on our side." Katara said.

"S-sorry Katara… you're right."

"We have to meet up with Natsu and Toph so we can beat Jose together." Mira said.

"Sounds like a plan." Gray said.

…

Natsu, Happy and Toph heard Lucy's screaming. "Princess?" Toph questioned.

"Lucy?!" Natsu said with anger.

Jose continued with his speech. "We have fulfilled one of our objectives. Now that we have captured Lucy Heartfilia, we can proceed with wiping you off the Earth." He said in a menacing tone.

Natsu clenched his fists and he grit his teeth. "Phantom Lord."

"They've done it this time!" Toph said.

"Natsu…" Erza began as she looked up to the two. "There is a massive power inside you." She began looking at Natsu.

"You must release that power. Protect the guild, protect our family! Natsu, you will be the one who will surpass me!" She said.

"Erza…" Happy muttered and Natsu was now surrounded by light orange flames.

"Toph…" Natsu began in an angry but determined voice.

"Don't say anymore, we can't sit and wait anymore. Let's go save our princess." Toph also said in an angry voice.

Meanwhile outside the number of Shades have increased again. "Yeeesh how many times must we fight these things?" Wakaba asked.

"As much as we have to!" Zuko yelled. "With the way this battle has been going, these guys must have enough magical power to throw these things at us for hours!" he saw one and he sliced it in half with a horizontal fire arc. He saw one speeding to Cana and her two card that she threw at it missed. "Watch out!" he yelled and he tackled her to the ground to prevent the shade from draining her magic. When Cana opened her eyes she saw Zuko looking down at her.

"What are you looking at?" Cana asked with a slight blush.

"Oh uh…" Zuko stuttered. Suddenly two shades were behind the two and Cana quickly threw two cards engulfed in fire and it incinerated the two shades.

Zuko quickly got up and helped Cana to her feet. "There, we are even." The card magic user said to Zuko.

"Yeah sure." He quickly said and he looked ahead. "*At this rate, we can't hold up for much longer*." Zuko thought.

Meanwhile inside Porlyusica's house Makarov awakens and he gets up. "You shouldn't be getting up old man." The pink haired healer told him.

"No need to throw the 'old man' shtick at me." Makarov simply said.

"Walking to your death?" She asked as she knew what Makarov was going to do.

"I'm just doing what I can to protect my brats. It's my responsibility as a parent."

"I guess I can't stop you." She said.

"Thank you for everything, Porlyusica." Makarov said as he put on his blue robe and he walked out of the door.

"*You never change, Makarov.*" She thought as she looked to a picture of her and Makarov in their younger days when they were both in the guild.

The group of Aang, Katara, Mira, Elfman and Grey had found Erza leaning against pillar.

"Is that, Erza!" Gray yelled as the group got closer to her and they saw that Aria was defeated.

"Is that…" Aang began.

"Yes that is Aria." Mira said.

"And she beat him all by herself?" Aang said. "*Wow, I guess she is a lot more powerful than she let on when we fought.*"

"You took a shot from that huge cannon and you beat Aria. How did you do it?" Katara asked. "Come to think of it. How did you beat us here with your injuries?"

"Don't worry about that. I didn't want you to see me looking so pitiful. I guess I still have a long way to go." Erza said.

Suddenly a black mist begins to surround the room.

"Are you guys seeing this?" Aang asked

"Yes this drives a chill down a man's spine." Elfman said.

"It's almost as if I can sense death." Erza said. Coming into the room while clapping his hands was Jose Porla.

"It's Master Jose!" Mira exclaimed.

"This guild master of Phantom Lord!" Gray said.

Aang glared at him. "He's the one that caused all this."

"Right you are, Elemental Wizard. I must congratulate all of you for the entertainment you have given me." He said in a dark tone.

"Just being around his magical energy just makes me sick." Mira said.

Both Gray and Elfman prepared to attack. Gray placed the side of his right fist on his palm and icy winds came from between them.

Elfman rose his arm into the air and it then a purple magic circle surround his right arm.

"**Ice Make:…**"

"**Beast Arm…**"

"Wait, don't!" Erza yelled.

"…**Saucer!**"

"…**Iron Bull!**"

Elfman's arm had turned to iron and Grey shot a spinning ice disk at Jose while Elfman was going to punch him but he sends purple ghost figures in the shape of energy blasts towards the both of them which had stopped their movements.

"**Dark Pulse**!" He swung his arm and this set off a line of red explosions that sent Elfman and Grey flying and they slammed into the ground the shockwave also got to Mira and she was rolling on the floor.

"They were defeated that easily?" Katara said. She bent the water out of her water skin and she ran close to Jose and she swung a whip of water and this sent three ice daggers towards Jose but he avoided them easily. She used all the water she had and she surrounded her arms in them and she shifted the water so that it would slice through any surface and she slashed Jose with her right water arm, but missed and left a clean slice on the wall Jose was now suddenly behind Katara and he shot a purple beam made of ghosts at her and she crashed into the wall and she had lost control of her water as it was all around her and she was now unconscious.

"THAT'S ENOUGH JOSE!" Aang yelled and his eyes and arrows were now becoming a blinding white colour. Aang at this point didn't care about who would get hurt now, as long as it would be Jose. Plus he knew that if there was anything that could come close to beating Jose Porla it would be him in the Avatar State but he felt a sharp pain in his stomach and the chi paths in his arrows stopped flowing as the glow died down and his eyes had returned to normal it was revealed that Erza had threw a hard punch to his midsection and in not only knocking Aang out, but also stopped him from entering the Avatar State.

"I heard of Natsu making a promise to keep you from going into the Avatar State, plus you shouldn't be risking your life out of rage. I will take responsibility for stopping Jose." She said and Aang heard every word and he slipped into unconsciousness. She sprinted to Jose.

"**Dead Wave!**" He charged a ball of purple spirits and he sends it towards Erza as an energy blast and she is hit by the attack and out of the dust cloud the sound of her requiping her armour is heard and Erza steps out of the dust cloud now she was in a black themed armor that covered her chest and the sides of her torso but left the centre of her midriff exposed she had large guards on her shoulders and were black with light grey crosses on them she had black and bluish grey gauntlets on her arms and she had large guards next to her legs and in between those were silver edged plates that were shaped like feathers she had black boots that spread all the way to her thighs. A black inducement covered her groin area. Her scarlet red hair was now tied in a ponytail and she was holding a blade and she had dragon like wings on her back.

She charged towards Jose and he dodges a slash from her and he grabbed her leg and he threw her through a wall but she bounces her foot of a large chunk of rubble and she landed on her feet.

"How can you even stand, even after taking on Jupiter. The bald kid was in better shape to fight me."

"My friends give me strength. And it is because I am fighting for those that I love, and if it is that I am fighting for I would throw away this body!" she exclaimed.

"Erza Scarlet. It will be a pleasure to destroy you!" Jose said.

Lucy is thrown to a wall by Gajeel and he has a sinister grin on his face. "What's the problem. I want to hear you scream!" he exclaimed.

"Hey, I think you are going too far." One of the Phantom Mages said.

"Why? I am bored."

"But we don't want to hurt her too much…" suddenly he took an iron pillar to the face and he slid back.

"Gi hi. That is what you get for being weak."

"Enough Gajeel! What if you kill her?" Sue asked with Boze standing next to her.

"If that happens then I'll just blame you two."

"What a jerk!" They both said in unison as they sweat dropped.

"So this is Phantom Lord, hehehe. What a joke." Lucy mocked while smirking.

"Well you sure have the balls to be saying that especially in the situation you are in, but I what is to hear you scream!" he turned his hand into an iron pillar and he pinned her to the wall and she fell to the ground. "If you don't start listening, I'll kill you!" he threatened.

"Go ahead and try, but if you do that Fairy Tail will never forgive you. You'll cowering under the power of the most powerful guild for the rest of your life." She said while showing a smile."

"Gi Hi!" he laughed. "Sounds like a challenge." Gajeel said and he made his right arm into a pillar and he prepared to finish her off.

"GAJEEL!" They both heard and suddenly the floor was now getting hot and Natsu bursts from the hole and he was surrounded by a phoenix of fire he punched Gajeel in the face as he came out of the floor.

Suddenly the metallic doors to the room were forced open and Toph burst through them and she ripped them off its hinges and she threw them to Gajeel and after recovering from being punched in the face, the doors slammed into him and he threw them off him and he saw Natsu and Toph standing side by side with a huge fiery aura coming from Natsu.

"WE HAVE A SCORE TO SETTLE, RIVET HEAD!" Toph mocked as she and Natsu glared at Gajeel.

"Toph, get back and stay by Lucy." Natsu said.

"Are you serious, you're kicking me out of the fight again!?"

"This is a battle between two Dragon Slayers. You would be better off by staying by Lucy."

Toph folded her arms. "Killjoy, I'll stay out, but if he starts kicking your butt. Then I'm tagging myself in! Got it!"

"You are so easy to lure out, Salamander." Gajeel mocked.

"That's because you keep playing dirty, Iron Dragon!" Natsu angrily said.

"Gajeel!" Boze yelled.

"Stay outa this!" the two Dragon Slayers charged to each other and Gajeel turned his arm into a pillar and shot it at Natsu while they were both in the air, but Natsu caught it with his flaming fists and he threw Gajeel into the wall.

Soon they were charging to each other while in the air and Gajeel tries to land another blow on Natsu but he misses and he was punched by a flaming hand while in the air and he flies to the wall again.

Natsu does a flip in mid-air. "**Fire Dragon Talons!**" he flipped through the air and his feet caught on fire and he slammed his foot on Gajeel even though the Iron Dragon Slayer blocked it by turning his hand into a pillar causing an explosion.

"Haha, that's how you do it Flame Brain!" Toph yelled.

"Lucy, are you okay?" Happy asked as he walked to Lucy.

"Yeah." She then looked at Natsu and he had scratches on his body and was walking toward Gajeel. "I've never seen Natsu so angry like that."

"Think about it, this guy has hurt Levy's team remember and you, this is more than just about two dragons fighting each other, this is about payback for those that have been taken out by this guy." Toph said.

Gajeel clicked his neck and glared at Natsu. "Don't be getting uppity, trash." Gajeel said.

"You're are the one who hurt Lucy. So I'll make sure to turn you into smoldering metal shards!" Natsu said.

"Gi hi hihihi!" he laughed. "**Iron Dragon Pillar**!" Gajeel yelled but Natsu jumped over and on to it with his hand and he then kicked Gajeel in the face and his foot kicked Natsu back. Gajeel slid back and the iron plates on the floor rose up and they were speeding to Gajeel and suddenly they were sliced in half. Toph shot an earth pillar upwards and landed beside Natsu.

"Don't even think of saying it. We agreed to take this creep down together!" Toph said. "But how did he slice the metal in half?"

"Hey, what's that dangerous thing on your arm?" Natsu asked as Gajeel now had a long sword with small blades on the edges replacing his right arm.

"**Iron Dragon's Sword.**" Gajeel told them as the blades began spinning making it similar to a chainsaw. "Let's see if you can stop this one!"

Happy and Lucy were shocked.

"That is Iron Dragon Slayer Magic!" He yelled.

"Bring it on, it aint nothing!"Natsu said.

"Really!? The guy is practically a walking grinder sword and you want to tempt him!" Toph yelled.

"I want to test how well this sword will cut you, Salamander!" Gajeel yelled and he swung his spinning sword as he jumped high into the air.

"I'll go left, you take right!" Toph commanded and they both split and the iron sword crashed into the ground and it made a huge fissure and this spread to Gajeel's Phantom team mates.

"Now we're getting caught up in it!" Boze yelled as he and the other were comically pushed away by the shockwaves.

Toph made two metal plates on the ground speed to Gajeel, however the Iron Dragon Slayer turned around and he sliced the plates in half while he flashed an evil smirk. "Yeah, that's right keep smiling!" Toph angrily said and she made the many bricks from the walls fly off and they sped to Gajeel and he was dodging them but Toph predicted his next few movements and he was suddenly hit by a few of the bricks Toph threw at him and she made a metallic pillar rise out of the ground and it uppercut Gajeel and he flew up to the roof and he kicked off of it and he jumped towards the blind Earthbender and he swung his blade and Toph jumped back as Gajeel crashed into the ground. Toph made square pieces of the floor rise up and she made them spin as she threw them to Gajeel and he was avoiding and slicing them and one sliced his left arm and it left a scar. Toph made a metallic pillar shoot her towards Gajeel but she shot to his left so she would miss. When Gajeel turned around he was face to face with Natsu and he punched his face with a flaming fist and the Iron Dragon flew back and slammed into the wall and his team mates were caught up in the fight again as they dodged Gajeel at the last minute.

"We got caught up in it again!" Boze yelled.

"This is out of control!" Sue yelled as well after they jumped away from Gajeel.

"Wow! Natsu and Toph are making a great team!" Lucy happily said.

"Aye." Happy agreed.

"Two against one huh? Well it seems you Fairy Tail flies can't fight fair." Gajeel mocked.

"You're the last person to talk to us about playing fair!" Toph shot back. "Attacking Levy and Katara; kidnapping Lucy may I also add the part about your guild master trying to kill us?!"

"Then we should speed this up, it's time for the preliminaries to end. **Iron Dragon's Scales**" Gajeel said. Suddenly a pale greenish white magic seal appeared below him and suddenly his skin was now covered in iron scales and he had flashed his grin at Natsu and Toph.

"Did, Gajeel just turn his skin into Iron?!" Toph exclaimed.

"That is another part of his Iron Dragon Slayer magic!" Happy yelled.

"Metal is still metal, I'm going to take you out Gajeel!" she ripped part of the floor off with her bare hands and threw it to Gajeel but it just exploded off him and he looked like he didn't take a scratch. "Okay, that didn't go as planned." Toph said.

Gajeel then sped past Toph and went for Natsu and he rose his arm. "**Iron Dragon's Hard Fist**!" he punched Natsu but he blocked with his left arm and a greenish white magic circle appeared in between Gajeel's fist and Natsu's arm and he slid back and there was a purple bruise on his arm

Lucy gasped. "One punch did that!"

He threw one more punch at Natsu and he flew to a wall where the Phantom mages were and they dodged again.

"We're caught up in it for a third time!" Boze yelled in fear.

He glared at Toph and he ran to punch Toph and she made a pyramid from earth but Gajeel punched straight through it and Toph slid back and Gajeel kicked her in the gut and the huge air pressure from Gajeel's kick had sent Toph flying to a wall and she made an imprint of her shape into the wall and she slid down and started coughing.

"Damn, that hurt…" Toph said as she was holding her stomach when she stood up.

"Gajeel!" Natsu yelled and he was speeding to him. "Your fight is with me!" and he punched Gajeel in the face with his flaming right fist and his eyes widened and he moved his fist away in pain and he screamed as well.

Natsu was then comically rolling on the floor.

"This doesn't hurt! This doesn't hurt, Dammit!" He yelled while holding his right hand.

"Gajeel has increased his attacks and defenses." Happy explained.

"How did this happen? Natsu and Toph were beating him just now. Are his scales that strong?" Lucy asked.

"Those scales must have a weakness! So I'll just hit them until I can crack it!" Toph yelled and she made the wall around when she was close and it encased her in metallic armour. "You're not the only one who can make metal protective skin!" Toph ran to Gajeel and she shot her metal fists at Gajeel where they just exploded off his body and they both grappled their hands as their fingers locked and Toph moved slid her foot and this made shards of rocks rise from the ground but the exploded off Gajeel and he threw his knee into Toph's stomach and the metal around that area cracked off and Gajeel lifted the blind Earthbender and he threw her up and he jumped after her.

"All you are is talk!" Gajeel mocked. "**Iron Dragon Sword!**" He yelled and he slashed Toph twice and this made her metal armor shatter and she screamed out in pain as there were now tears in her clothing.

"Toph!" Natsu yelled and he quickly caught her and Natsu saw that she was now more than moderatly injured. "N-natsu… If you don't beat this guy… Phantom Lord will… beat us…"

"No Toph! Stay with me!"

"Red said this herself, only you are powerful enough to beat this monster. Now go get him Flame brain." She weakly said.

"Toph…" Happy said and there were tears in his eyes.

"I promise, Toph. I will beat him!" he said as he clenched his fist.

Gajeel was standing on the other side of the room.

"Another one bites the dust. Gi hi hi." He laughed.

Natsu gently placed Toph on the ground and he glared at Gajeel. He punched his fists and his cheeks grew. "You'll will pay for this, you scrap iron bastard! **Fire Dragon**…"

Gajeel puffed his cheeks as well. "**Iron Dragon…**"

"**Roar!**" both Dragon Slayers exclaimed and Natsu held his hands in front of his face like a trumpet and a red/orange magic circle appeared in front of him and fired huge flames from his mouth. Gajeel mimicked Natsu's actions, a white/light green magic circle appeared in front of him and he shot a huge amount of metal shards in a tornado and it collided with Natsu's flames and this caused a huge explosion

"*He can use a Dragon Breath attack too!?*" Toph thought as she was sitting against to wall.

"Toph! Are you alright?" Lucy yelled as she and happy came to her.

"Well, I'm still alive, but my ego is pretty banged up." She said.

Natsu was panting and Gajeel began laughing. "Even though your flames can take down multiple enemies, it won't even scratch the toughest of iron. But my breath attack is made of iron shards that grind against your skin."

"Are you sure you aren't a little 'cracked'?" Natsu asked and suddenly there was a crack on the right side of Gajeel's face. "My flames are not just any fire. The flames of the Fire Dragon can burn anything. If you don't stop holding back. I'll blow you to bits! Enough with feeling each other out, let's get serious." Natsu said as he took off his shirt as were wore nothing but his lower half of his clothes and his white scarf.

Gajeel chuckles. "There isn't enough room in the sky for two dragons!" he said as he also took off his shirt to reveal his iron torso

"W-why are those two stripping?" Lucy asked

"You're kidding me! All this fighting and yet, they have been holding back this whole time!?" Toph exclaimed.

"Just how powerful are those two?" Sue asked.

"They are monsters!" Boze exclaimed.

Meanwhile all the shades were coming together and if formed a huge purple ball with lots of arms.

"I don't like the wavy arms of that thing!" Laki said.

"*That's* what you're concerned about?" Wakaba asked

The monster then floated over to the already broken down guild hall and it began punching it continuously.

"Our Guild!" Cana yelled with tears coming down her face. She was about to run towards it but Zuko held her back. "Let go of me, now! We have to stop that thing!"

"And let you get killed!?"

"That place is my home!"

"And I'm pretty sure it can't be worth dying for, we have to stop it together!" Zuko yelled and all the Fairy Tail wizards directed their attacks at the huge ball of shade ghosts.

Natsu was now surrounded in red/orange energy and Gajeel in white/light green energy and they both charge to each other and they both punch each other and this makes an explosion that makes a black dust cloud and suddenly Natsu is seen shooting flames from his feet to rise him high into the air far above the building where he met Gajeel and they both charged to each other in mid-air and began a mid-air fist fight where they were exchanging blows where every blow resulted in the sound of small explosions being heard. They both fall to the roof outside of the room and they charged to each other and bashed their heads against each other as Natsu was giving a death glare, while Gajeel was giving a wide smirk. Gajeel punched Natsu hard, but the Fire Dragon Slayer hit back with a powerful blow of his own and they both threw a powerful kick that made both of their legs collided and they fell through the roof and this cause a huge hole and a large portion of the roof to fall into the room.

As the rubble fell to the floor Lucy grabbed Toph and she jumped away from the falling rubble and so did Happy. "Now *we're* getting caught up in it!" Lucy yelled.

Most of the room was now covered in rubble. "We got caught a fourth time…" Boze said barely standing up.

"…That's our Gajeel…" Sue said with swirls in her eyes.

"But he seems to be getting tired…" She commented.

"Yeah, but Salamander is also running out of breath." Boze said.

The sound of metal being crushed was heard and they all saw Gajeel eating the iron rubble on the floor. "THAT'S *SO* NOT FAIR!" Natsu yelled as he comically jumped while waving his arms.

"Shut up…" Gajeel said in between munches of the iron.

"Well I'll be damned. Guess this guy can eat iron." Toph said.

"But that's bad, now Gajeel will be more powerful!" Happy said. "We need to give Natsu some fire!"

"Great! Where's Twinkle Toes when ya need him! He makes fire can't he just eat that?"

"No. A Dragon Slayer can't eat their own element when it came from them." Happy said.

"Now that I've eaten. I'm all revved up!" Gajeel said while smirking.

"DON'T COPY ME!" Natsu yelled while pointing at Gajeel.

"Take this, Salamander!" Gajeel extended his right arm towards Natsu and a white/light green magic seal was summoned and he shot numerous iron spears at Natsu.

"I don't get it, they were both evenly matched before?" Lucy said as she now saw Natsu was losing.

"Dragon Slayers can restore their energy by eating their element." Happy said.

"Hey, didn't we just go through this?" Toph asked

"So, all Natsu needs if fire. Didn't I have a fire spirit here?" she asked as she reached for her keys.

"You tell us, they are your spirits after all."

"I don't have one like that on me!" Lucy realized.

"Wait, that key you kept bragging about when we got back from Galuna Island, maybe that new spirit can help."

She took out the gold key. "I haven't made the contract, but I'll have to deal with that later." She held the key out forward. "I am linked with the Celestial Spirits-"

"Blondie we don't have time for a monologue! Just get on with it!" Toph angrily yelled.

"Fine! **Gate of the Archer I open thee! Sagittarius!**" Lucy yelled and a light blue magic circle was summoned after a doorbell sound was heard and coming out was a tall man who had black hair and he was wearing a horse costume. He had a set of arrows and a bow on his back.

"Horse!" he yelled and he breathed from his nose and he saluted.

"He's wearing a horse costume!" Lucy yelled.

"The question is, do I want to see what's in front of my right now. Considering what that crab guy looked like." Toph said while Happy said 'Horsemeat' in the background while she was talking

"Look I'll make the contract with you later, but can you shoot fire?" she asked.

"No. I am unable to shoot fire, because I am an archer, as it were moshimoshi." Sagittarius said

Natsu looked back. "Lucy get back."

"Uh, okay." And she dragged Sagittarius away from the battle.

Lucy is stunned and she is on her knees with a spotlight on her and she is looking down to the ground with a sign saying. 'Getting down on yourself time' in Japanese. Toph noticed the sign and began poking it. "I'm so useless…" she said with sorrow.

"It's okay, Lucy." Happy said trying to cheer her up.

"Hey, where did this sign come from?" Toph asked.

Meanwhile Natsu places one palm on the floor and he engulfed his whole body in orange flames and he shot towards Gajeel while cloaked in fire. "**Fire Dragon's Sword Edge!**" and he shot his head into Gajeel's stomach and the Iron Dragon Slayer slid back from the attack and Natsu's flames fizzled out.

"Not so tough when you are on an empty stomach, huh." Gajeel said and he slammed Natsu down after the attack. "You're looking hungry, then how about you eat some iron!" Gajeel yelled and he turned his hand into a pillar and he shot Natsu's head in the ground and he was being pushed back by his head and it was being grinded against the floor.

"Natsu!" Lucy yelled

"Haha! I knew Gajeel would be stronger!" Boze said suddenly he was shot into the wall as a line of earth had impacted him. Toph who had tears in her clothing and scratches all over her body was glaring at Gajeel.

"Hey, shut up why don't you, small fry!" Toph yelled and she got into the Praying mantis style and she flung brick shaped rocks at Sue and she was getting hit by them and she was forced back to the wall. "Now to take care of Gajeel." Toph said but she struggled to stay up and she nearly collapsed.

"Toph! What are you doing?!" Lucy yelled.

"What's it look like. I'm helping out Natsu, since he can't get to some fire. He's going to get his butt kicked hard unless one of us does something!" she stomped on the ground and an earth wave spread to Gajeel and it expanded and made a huge explosion and blunt chunks of earth from the ground shot outwards and Gajeel flew into the roof and he landed on his back.

He got back to his feet.

"Gi hi. I like you kid. Too bad you're in the wrong guild!" He yelled and he shot an iron pillar at her and it slammed into her gut and she impacted the wall and the pillar held her there. "It's a shame that you don't learn your place, little girl." Gajeel said suddenly Toph began crushing the metal pillar with her bare hands but her eyes never met Gajeel's smirk.

"I may have started out, in just wanting to beat you. But that changed, since I also came from a rich family I have a better understanding of where Lucy is coming from, sure my parents weren't jerks, but I didn't like it still. So that is why… I'm fighting right now, not just for my sake but for Lucy's as well! I'll make dammed sure she doesn't go back to her life that she ran away from!" Gajeel released the pillar and Toph fell to the ground but she slowly got back up.

"Sheesh, know when to quit. You are heavily out matched." Gajeel said and Toph's legs shook and she lost the detail in her eyes and she passed out and a small dust cloud was made as she fell to the ground.

"Toph…" Happy softly said.

"This whole time, she was really fighting for me…" Lucy said.

"That was a real waste of time." Gajeel said and he lifted Natsu by his scarf and he punched him towards the outside hole which was made earlier.

"Take a look at what you are trying so hard to protect!" Gajeel yelled.

Natsu's eyes widened as he looked at the Fairy Tail guild falling apart. As he watches, the memories of his time at the guild come flooding back.

"*Fairy Tail?" a much younger Natsu asked as he was standing outside the guild hall with Makarov before he was about to be introduced.*

"*Do Fairies really have tails? Do they even exist? No one can say that for certain. Like them, this place is like an eternal mystery… A never ending adventure." Makarov told him.*

"*Wow!"* *Natsu replied.*

He also recalled about how he met Grey and about how he called him a stripping freak and their first fight before Erza broke them up and pushed them away while making it look like their necks are cracking and also sending both of them to the wall in the process. She told him them that Fairy Tail is a family and that a family house is no place to fight.

He remembered that he agreed to join the guild even though Erza was scary.

Natsu recalled on how he picked a job, simply based on the money, mostly because he couldn't read, however he claimed that his Dragon, Igneel taught him how to read, he just couldn't read complicated words and he could only read and remember the words of food. Mira mocked him for it, but also mockingly called him cute in the process, prompting Lisanna to tell her to back off. Erza offered to teach him how to read but Natsu quickly told her no because she was scary. However that didn't stop her as she had to drag him out of the guild hall so he could comply with her. Erza taught him all the vocabulary he needed and Natsu was determined, even when she threatened that he would not Eat, Drink or Sleep until they were both done, somehow this threat was made while young Erza was holding a sword.

His memories with Lisanna also came back as well, as he remembered all of her moments with her, including when Happy was born out of his egg and said that he was 'a bluebird of happiness.' Which prompted Natsu to name him, Happy. Also when he last saw her alive and they said their goodbyes and he remembered when he stood over the grave he made for her after she died.

He finally also remembered when he brought Lucy to the guild and also how much she grew to love the guild after she joined.

Natsu sees the guild finally fall apart and he hears Gajeel laughing behind him. "How does it feel Salamander!?"

Natsu clenched his fist and he got back up and weakly walked over to Gajeel.

"Natsu, please don't…" Lucy said while she began to cry.

Happy grabbed her leg and it was seen that he was crying as well. "Natsu hasn't given up yet…"

Natsu tried to punch him but Gajeel slams his fist onto him and he falls to the ground. "Your guild is in shambles, you have lost."

"Helping Toph destroy the Jupiter cannon, fighting against the Element 4. Natsu has used up too much Magical power."

Toph got up and she held his stomach. "C-come on Natsu, if we lose here… Phantom wins." She whispered.

Gajeel lifted Natsu by his scarf and he turned his arm into his iron sword. "Since you wont fight back, I'll just finish you right here!" he said as the Iron Dragon Slayer was about to finish off Natsu.

"If only Natsu could eat some Fire!" Happy yelled

Suddenly Sagittarius was aiming an arrow from his bow. "Is that all, there must have been a misunderstanding, as it were." He said. "You asked earlier if I could shoot fire, to which I replied no, but what matters it the fire itself and not the fact that I can make it." Gajeel was about to slice Natsu but he dodged arrows that were speeding to the machine.

"Where did that freaky man-horse come from?" He asked and the machine the arrows fired into began crackling and it soon exploded and huge flames were made.

"Fire!" Lucy happily yelled

"Setting machinery on fire, is child's play for an archer such as myself, as it were, moshimoshi." He said.

"Who are you saluting to?" Happy asked.

The fire suddenly began to get dragged into Natsu's mouth and his stomach bloated for a second and he then panted as he ate all the fire.

"Thank's for the meal, Lucy." He said as he gave her a thumbs up.

"Don't get so confident, just because you ate some fire! I'm still a lot stronger than you!" He puffed his cheeks. "**Iron Dragon Roar!**" he yelled and he blasted a tornado of iron shards at Natsu through a white/light green magic circle but Natsu crossed his arms and he separated them as the attack hit, the iron tornado was deflected. "*Impossible, he deflected my attack with his bare hands.*"

Natsu's head was now black and all that could be seen was red glowing eyes. "How many people do you have to hurt until you guys have had enough?" He angrily asked and he was now surrounded in intense fire. "Jet, Droy, Levy, Katara, Toph, Lucy. I'll pay you back for hurting them.

"I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR PICKING A FIGHT WITH FAIRY TAIL!" he yelled.

Toph saw this and she smirked, Lucy looked happy.

"To be continued…" Happy said as he held up a sign in Japanese that said that.

"Is that really necessary!" Lucy yelled.

"Yep… we'll be right back folks!" Toph comically said placing her head in the frame.

"Aren't you supposed to be injured!?" Lucy yelled.