Final Clash Part 2

**Lucy:** *"Last time on Fairy Tail Legend of Aang."*

Aang had defeated Chun with his final move

**Aang:** *"We finally found where Laxus was hiding."*

Natsu and Aang found Laxus in the Cathedral, where he was fighting Erza.

**Happy:** *"Wait, what happened to Mystogan!?"*

Mystogan and Iroh were fighting Laxus together.

**Zuko:** *"He and my uncle fought against Laxus."*

Mystogan disappeared and Iroh ran to help the others destroy the Lacrima.

**Natsu:** *"Wait, is he Jellal or Mystogan?"*

Aang and Natsu were confused as to whether it was really Jellal after Laxus blasted his facial covers.

**Toph:** *"Hey we stopped the Lacrima… you're welcome by the way!"*

Everyone in Fairy Tail teamed up to destroy the Lacrima.

**Zuko:** *"Now all that is left is to defeat Laxus!"*

Shows Natsu, Aang and Zuko fighting Laxus together.

**Natsu:** *"YES! I'm Fired up!"*

**Happy:** *"Laxus always kicks your butt remember?"*

Laxus was gaining an edge over Natsu during their small fight.

Levy was running through one of the filled streets of Magnolia as fast as she could to stop Laxus. "*Laxus, that's enough! The master… Your grandfather… He's already…*" she worriedly thought.

At the same time Porlyusica was looking at Makarov's unconscious body back at the guild with deep concern.

Laxus was charging up his electrical power after he had announced he would take the guild by force. Natsu, Zuko and Aang were still being pushed back slightly by the energy Laxus was putting out.

"That's enough Laxus! Fairy Tail will never be yours now!" Natsu said.

"There is no reason to fight anymore!" Aang said.

Laxus remained silent for a short time before he finally responded.

"Oh, yes there is." He growled. "…Trying to force a bargain was pointless…" he said in a calm sounding voice.

"Bargain? What are you talking about?" Zuko angrily asked.

"I was going about this all wrong. I should have relied on my own power from the start!" His power began building even more. "This overwhelming power is my identity!"

Natsu ignited his right fist in flames. "You're not taking over Fairy Tail, cause we're not going to let that happen!"

Laxus raised his eyebrow. "Oh yeah? You kids don't know who you're messing with. I'm a lot stronger than any of you could ever dream! I can take over the guild anytime I want!" He then got a crazed look in his eyes that showed his rage. "…AND YOU'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO STOP ME! YOUR BEST BET IS TO JUST GET OUT OF MY WAY!"

Zuko slightly growled. "Sounds to me that you're just begging for someone to pound some sense into you! I'll be happy to do that!" Zuko said.

"Not before I do!" Natsu sprinted to Laxus to attack him.

"Natsu! Wait!" Aang warned.

"**Fire Dragon Iron Fist!**" Natsu jumped high into the air before planning to direct his fiery fist into Laxus' face. His fist landed on Laxus' head but it looked to have no effect at all.

Laxus' eyes were now engulfed in the same bright yellow energy. "You'll all be the first!" He placed his hand on Natsu's chest and made a huge energy wave that shot Natsu through the ceiling of the Cathedral.

"Natsu!" Zuko yelled. "That's it! You're finished!" Zuko and Aang both ran towards Laxus, but his energy kept them at bay. He outstretched his arm towards Zuko which discharged a powerful electric stream of energy towards Zuko. Aang made a large barrier rise up from the ground but it exploded into pebbles as it absorbed the energy of Laxus' attack but still made a shock wave that shot Zuko back. Aang was left to stand against Laxus.

"Bring it on, Fairy Tail!" He yelled. "I'll devour you all!"

"LAXUS!" Aang yelled as he was riding on a hemispherical Earth wave that was speeding to the thunder wizard. As Aang was about to steamroll him, Laxus stepped on the ground, creating a shock wave, making Aang's earth wave fall apart, but he was wise to it, and jumped off and quickly formed a wheel of air around himself to try and spear himself into Laxus with it, but it wasn't powerful enough as Laxus didn't move at all from the attack. Laxus grabbed Aang shirt by the collar and began lifting him up.

Natsu shot back down from the ceiling with flames covering his entire body. Laxus quickly threw Aang to Natsu. They both crashed into each other causing damage to each other. They both fell onto the ground where they were still dazed from what had just happened. Zuko stood in front of both of them and he unsheathed his swords. Laxus engulfed himself in electrical energy, and proceeded to charge to the three wounded fighters. Zuko set his swords a blaze and made a battle cry too, but before he could slice past Laxus, he was punched in the gut, forcing him to drop his swords. But Laxus wasn't done yet and he threw an electrified punch to his face which forced him back. Aang made a cyclone that caught him.

Laxus had a smirk on his face. "Come on! That all you got!? You're gonna have to do a WHOLE lot better than that! I'VE GOT MORE POWER THAN ALL THREE OF YOU IN MY LITTLE FINGER!" he mocked.

"He's too fast, let me try something!" Aang said. He ran towards Laxus while he had highly compressed, spinning balls of air in his hands. He avoided Laxus' punch and a further knee to the stomach, he forced placed his right hand with one of the spinning balls of air on his stomach which made strong winds that concentrated on that very area, soon a massive cyclone of air blasted Laxus away him and he slammed into a wall near the back of the Cathedral. When Laxus was down small sparks were surrounded him, but he rose up to his feet, a hole was made in his purple buttoned shirt as a result of Aang's attack, revealing a part of his well-toned abs. He ran to Aang and he seemed a lot faster, so much so that Aang wasn't prepared for the kick he received to his to his stomach. The ball he made in his left hand had faded away. Right after the kick, Laxus drove his elbow into Aang's back making a small crater as he impacted the ground.

"Come on Aang, what are you waiting for!? I wanna see what the mighty Avatar has got!" Laxus menacingly said.

Laxus jumped up and charged a ball of electricity in his hand and tossed it to Aang who was now stunned with fear as the ball grew in size. Aang crossed his arms together to shield himself from the bright light but the discharge caught him and he lay on his back several feet from Laxus with sparks coming off his body.

"Aang!" Natsu yelled. He ran to his side while Zuko looked hurt and he walked to the both of them.

"He's… possibly stronger than anyone I've ever fought…" Aang said. Zuko and Natsu looked at Laxus. They both charged to him, but soon he disappeared from their sight. Natsu quickly caught a glimpse of where Laxus would be strike next.

Natsu threw a fiery punch that would land on his forehead, but Laxus quickly grabbed Natsu's fist. Electric sparks were coming off his palm. Zuko charged to the both of them and made a charged stream of fire that engulfed both of them. While in the flames however Laxus was surrounded by a hemisphere of bright electrical energy which he used to force the flames away from him. Zuko was surprised and while Laxus held Natsu's arm he was throwing endless punches at Zuko with his left fist. These punches forced Zuko to stagger back, as he stepped back he saw Natsu speeding to him and couldn't avoid him and both fighters were rolling on the floor.

"This is ridiculous, he's tossing us around like rag dolls!" Zuko said.

Laxus glared at Aang who was slowly getting up, but he was still surrounded in electric sparks which kept him from moving as soon as he got to his feet. "*I-I can't move…*"

"Resound, my summoned thunder's boom… Fall from the heavens and turn all to ashes!" Laxus chanted as he made a huge ball of electricity, mixed with yellow and bright blue electricity that was high above Aang. "**Raging Bolt**!" he willed the ball to drop, and it was falling towards Aang, who couldn't move to defend himself.

"AANG!" Natsu yelled.

"GET OUT OF THERE!" Zuko screamed.

The ball had hit its mark and was cracking for several seconds before it let out a huge discharge of bright light. Laxus was surrounded by lines of electricity and was panting with a satisfied smirk, before breaking into a slight chuckle. He saw that there was nothing left but rubble. "So it turns out you're not so strong, huh Aang?! I'm disappointed, you turned out to be another weakling." Smoke was rising off the edges, Natsu and Zuko had shocked looks on their faces. "HAHAHA! You can't save your pathetic world now, cause you've been turned to ash!" He happily yelled while laughing.

"Aren't you guys supposed to be allies?" Laxus was surprised by the voice and looked to see Gajeel holding Aang by his orange shirt while on a higher floor of the building. "Something's wrong with you, being happy he's wiped out, even though this little brat is annoying."

"Gajeel… you're here?" Aang weakly said.

"So you've come here too." Zuko said.

Natsu charged to Gajeel.

"Move you scrap bastard! Laxus is mine!" Natsu yelled

"Out of the way." Gajeel simply said as he turned his left hand to a pillar and bonked Natsu on the head causing him to fall to the ground next to Gajeel. He dropped Aang to the ground.

"Hey! Whose side are you on!?" Zuko yelled.

"I saved this dumb brat from getting himself killed, you should be thanking me." Gajeel said.

"So another snack." Laxus started. "Disappear, disappear. Anyone who stands in my way should just disappear!"

Aang got to his knees. "What are we going to do?"

"You two stay back." Gajeel said. "I'll handle Laxus!"

"The three of us could barely hit him, what could you do that we couldn't do together?" Zuko angrily asked.

"I've got a personal grudge with him." Gajeel started. "His monstrous strength is the real deal though. He's got Makarov's blood running in him."

"Gajeel, what are you saying?"

"I don't like it, but we've got no choice. We'll fight together."

Natsu immediately gets up and comically get frustrated. "You're joking, right? I'm gonna defeat Laxus! I mean, how could I ever team up with you?!"

"This isn't a game Natsu. Laxus has enough strength to easily destroy any one of us; our only option is to combine forces." Zuko stated.

"So are we all in agreement?" Gajeel asked.

Aang wasn't. "Look, Gajeel more force and violence really isn't going to-"

"Kid, take a good look at him." Laxus was surrounded by sparks of lightning and his eyes were covered by bright yellow glows. "Does that look like someone who can be reasoned with?"

Laxus began to chuckle as he was charging power. "What's the matter? You scared? You should be!" He then gives an evil chuckle afterwards.

After seeing this, both Aang and Natsu share concerned, nervous looks.
Zuko was next, to speak up. "Aang, Gajeel is right. I know you believe that violence is never the answer, but you need to know that sometimes there's no other choice. Laxus has not only threatened the lives of all our friends, but every person in the entire town. People like Laxus, people like my father, you can't talk to them, it's impossible to appeal to their good nature, because they don't have one. The only thing they understand is violence."
Gajeel glanced at Aang who now looked conflicted. "Besides that, everyone else has either been taken down by another member or zapped by his Thunder Palace; don't you get it? We're the only ones who can stop him."

"You're right… no matter what I say. He won't listen to reason. There is only one thing Laxus will listen to. I'm not holding back anymore! I'll fight Laxus to the bitter end!"

Zuko smiled at Aang's resolve.

Natsu realized something after Aang declared he would help them. "You're gonna protect the guild?" Natsu asked Gajeel skeptically.

Gajeel shot back in an angry defensive tone. "Whether I protect the guild or destroy the guild, it's my choice!"

"Didn't you say that there wasn't room enough in the sky for two dragons?" Natsu said, reminding Gajeel of what he said earlier when they fought.

Gajeel replied with a smirk. "There isn't… But with all this annoying lightning, you can't fly in the sky."

"Okay, I'm in, but this is the last time I'm on a team with you." Natsu conceded

"Of course, we'll settle things one day!"

"So are we going to do this?" Zuko asked.

Aang who eyes were closed, sharply opened. "Let's do it!"

Natsu and Gajeel charged towards Laxus, Zuko and Aang followed behind them. Natsu was throwing a barrage of punches and kicks while Gajeel was throwing hard punches, Laxus was able to block them with ease. Laxus had a bolt of lightning charging in his hand, he shocked Natsu with it, throwing Natsu to Gajeel, who caught him, but tossed Natsu behind him while upside down.

"Use your Breath!" Gajeel yelled.

"**Fire Dragon's Roar!**" Natsu shot powerful flames from his mouth that engulfed Gajeel.

"**Iron Dragon's Pillar!**" Gajeel's right arm turned to an iron pillar and shot it while it was surrounded by lines of Natsu's flames. The combined attack looked to be on target but it missed. Gajeel sensed he was above him. "**Iron Dragon Sword!**" he turned his hand to a sword with spikes on the edges, he swiped his sword underneath Laxus who was in the air, Laxus shot numerous balls of lightning towards Gajeel. But Zuko jumped in front the Iron Dragon Slayer before making lines of fire dance around him, he made the lines explode which countered all of Laxus' lightning balls.

Laxus had an annoyed look on his face but both Aang and Natsu where in the air above him. They both had huge balls of fire and air above them, raised over their heads. Laxus had a serious look at the attacks behind him.

"**Fire Dragon Brilliant Blaze!**" Natsu yelled as both he and Aang threw their elemental attacks towards Laxus which made huge contact forcing him to the ground. As he fell Aang jumped after him and as he fell to the ground a huge air blast shot Laxus towards Gajeel and Zuko.

"Here he comes!" Zuko said.

Gajeel gave a loud battle cry as a grayish green magic seal appeared in front of him. "**Iron Dragon's Spears...**" the seal turned his right arm into a long spearhead. "**Demon Poles!**" and green glowing iron spears are fired at him in rapid succession. Zuko helped Gajeel by shooting a barrage of flames from his fists. Laxus was hit by this and he was flying back to Natsu and Aang.

"Aang, you ready?" Natsu asked. The avatar replied with a nod. "**Fire Dragon…**" Natsu now held his breath as a large orange-red seal appeared in front of him. Aang also held his breath the same way Natsu did.

Gajeel who stood next to Zuko copied Natsu's actions and the same grayish green magic seal appeared in front of him. "**Iron Dragon…**" Zuko was seen charging a flame in both his hands.

"**ROAR!**" Natsu and Gajeel roared. Natsu shot a powerful stream of his flames while Gajeel shot a tornado filled with shards of metal, both from their mouths. Aang blew a huge beam of wind that flew to the side of Natsu's flames, while Zuko slammed his hands together which combined the two flames making a huge fireball in which he shot a huge beam of fire that flew beside Gajeel's roar. All four attacks hit Laxus making a huge explosive hemisphere grow from the impact zone. Natsu, Gajeel, Zuko and Aang all glared at the spot that Laxus was hit. Huge smoke grew from the impact point.

"That's the power of you working together?" Laxus asked from within the smoke. Laxus through the smoke was revealed to have some more tears in his purple shirt. "I'm shocked you can call you two can call yourselves Dragon Slayers, and I'm shocked that you're both called the Fire Prince and the Avatar." Laxus said with sparks of lightning around him and his pupils could no longer be seen.

The four were completely surprised. "Didn't we damage him at all?" Natsu angrily asked.

"No! That's impossible. I hit that last attack with everything I got!" Zuko yelled.

"He's right." Gajeel said. "No matter how strong he is, after being hit with all that Dragon Slayer magic… I can't believe it."

Aang had no comments to make as it seemed Laxus was just impossible to beat. "Well, it's simple really." Laxus started. His pupils reappeared but they were much smaller than normal. "I wanna let you guys in on a little secret. I haven't told anyone about this, 'cause I really hate the old man's lectures. But I think I can trust you four, because I'll show you something special." He menacingly said. He teeth grew into fangs, his muscles began to exponentially grow, so much so that they ripped the sleeves off his purple jacket. Scales had appeared on his arms in a blue glow as all of his muscles continued to grow, he eventually ripped his entire shirt with just his muscles. He was constantly surrounded by electric whips. He had a black tribal mark on the left side of his chest, and his Fairy Tail symbol was to the left of his abs. He unleashed his magical energy in the form of a bright yellow, electric hemisphere.

"N-no way!" Natsu said paralyzed with fear.

"You've got to be kidding me." Gajeel said sharing the same expression.

Laxus arched backwards as a yellow magic circle appeared in front of his face. "**Lightning Dragon…**"

Aang was the one to finally say it as he was also trapped by his fear. "LAXUS IS A DRAGON SLAYER?!"

"…**ROAR!**" Laxus shot a huge beam of electrical energy from his maw; the beam itself was surrounded by bright blue electric whips. This beam dwarfed the size of the four combatants fighting against Laxus. A huge hemispherical energy wave was made where the four were hit; this made a huge bright light. Natsu, Aang, Gajeel and Zuko were lying on the ground surrounded by electric whips. They looked paralyzed as an aftereffect of the huge attack. "Oh?" Laxus began. "Still alive?" It was seen they were trying to get back up, but they were too weak to get up quickly. "Just stay down already."

"What's… going on?" Zuko asked.

"I'm stuck… I… can't move…" Aang said.

"You're right." Natsu weakly said. "I'm all numb."

Laxus began walking towards them. "You four, Erza, Mystogan, Thor, that dumb old man, my old man, all the trash in the guild, all the people in Magnolia…" He said with a rising anger.

"I'LL MAKE THEM ALL DISAPPEAR!" He yelled with electric energy surrounding him again. Bright pillars of light were being made underneath him.

"What's with this crazy magical power?" Gajeel asked.

"*Why does it feel… familiar?*" Aang thought.

"*This power… It's gramps's.*" Natsu thought.

Gajeel knew what was happening. "It targets everything the caster sees as an enemy…Master Makarov's Ultimate Spell of Judgment…!"

Aang remembering when Makarov used it finally realized what Laxus was doing. "*Fairy Law!?* *And if he's serious that means…*"

Laxus had his arms outstretched to the side which made the magic fade, he then brought his arms together and a bright yellow ball was growing in the space between his hands.

"That's right! Fairy Law!" Laxus yelled in satisfying anger.

"The spell that destroyed Master Jose in one hit…" Gajeel said remembering the fate of his old guild master.

"Stop it, Laxus!" Natsu yelled.

Aang was able to get to his feet but he had his knees bent as he still couldn't stand up straight.

"Laxus, you can't!" Aang said.

"So is this what you wanted! Huh?! LAXUS!" Zuko yelled.

Aang's arrows were beginning to flicker between their white glow and sky blue as it was seen that his body was reflexively trying to go into the Avatar State, but Aang was trying to keep that from happening.

Laxus's power was growing. "STOP IT! LAXUS!" They all heard, it was a girlish voice that sounded familiar to them.

"Levy!" Natsu yelled.

"Why are you here, you need to get as far away from here!" Zuko said.

"Laxus, the master is…" Laxus's power continued to grow as Levy couldn't finish her sentence. "The master… your grandfather is… on death's door!" Natsu, Aang, Zuko and Gajeel were shocked at Levy's statement. Laxus who had ceased his battle cry looked up from the ball of energy he was charging. His pupils now reappeared as they were gone while he charged the attack.

"So please, stop this!" Levy pleaded.

"Come see him!" She yelled as she was on the verge of tears.

Laxus had a shocked look on his face.

"On deaths door…? Gramps?" Natsu said in disbelief.

Aang had similar thoughts in his head. "*Don't tell me that he's about to…*?"

"*He's gonna die?*" Natsu thought.

Levy yelled out Laxus' name one last time in hopes he would end his plight to take over Fairy Tail. Unfortunately Laxus had a sinister grin on his face. "Perfect timing!" He began. "Now my chance of becoming master just went back up!"

Levy was shocked at this.

"Laxus… you bastard!" Zuko cursed.

Aang and Natsu both heard his words and Aang's fists clenched and a ball of air surrounded him, despite him still being paralyzed. Laxus increased the power of his spell. He gave one final chucked before he said. "DISAPPEAR, FAIRY TAIL! I'll build it up again from scratch! It won't lose to anyone! Everyone will cower in fear before my ultimate guild!" the power of Fairy Law was building, bright pillars of light were appearing all over the cathedral.

Levy fell to her knees in disbelief. "That's…"

Natsu had a furious look on his face. "HOW COULD YOU!?"

Laxus was about to finish his attack. "FAIRY LAW IS INVOKED!" Laxus yelled as he outstretched his arms before slamming them between the bright energy ball. A bright yellow seal with the Fairy Tail emblem appeared in front of Laxus for a second before he made a bright light that engulfed Gajeel, Levy, Zuko, Aang and Natsu. A beam of bright yellow light shot into the sky from the cathedral and in the sky it created a colossal bright yellow Fairy Tail magic seal the bright light was engulfing everyone in the entire city. As the light had spread all over Magnolia, Laxus would have appeared to have won.

After a long while, the light faded, Laxus began laughing. "I've surpassed the old man…" However through all the dust that was created during the attack. Natsu, Aang, Gajeel and Zuko were seen coughing when their bodies were seen through the dust. Laxus was shocked, he looked to his right and saw Levy was coughing as well, as she also seemingly survived Fairy Law.

"B-but, why! Why weren't any of you killed!?" Laxus said in disbelief.

The four fighters looked in bad shape, but began to slowly get up.

"Hey, you alright?" Gajeel asked looking at Levy.

She gave a confirming nod.

"Yes, I'm fine. What about the others?" She asked.

Zuko managed to stand. Natsu was angrily panting while Aang had his fists clenched. "I'll live…"

Gajeel saw Aang and Natsu's stances.

"They seem okay to me." He said with a smirk.

Laxus was still extremely confused. "After using all that magical power, how come-"

"All the members of the guild and the people of the city are safe as well." They all heard. Everyone saw Freed leaning by the front entrance with scratches and bruises on his face, he was holding his left arm, the robe he wore was torn on the left side, revealing a white shirt underneath.

"Not a single person had been killed." Freed revealed.

"That can't be! My Fairy Law was perfect!" Laxus angrily yelled.

"Haven't you figured it out by this point." Ryu responded, limping into the church after helping stop the Thunder Palace earlier. "Casting Fairy Law correctly is not enough."

"Exactly." Laxus now had a shocked expression on his face. "You inherited more than just the Master's strength and magical power. You've also got a heart that feels for your friends. Fairy Law only affects those the caster sees as his enemy. You understand what this means, Laxus?"

Levy figured it out. "The feelings he had deep down are revealed through his magic."

"Magic never lies, Laxus." Freed said with a slight smile. "This is what you truly feel."

Laxus was shocked and looked to be breathing heavily. "No! That's ridiculous! The truth is that anyone who ever dare stand in my way, IS MY ENEMY!"

"Oh cut the crap!" They looked to see Zuko glaring at Laxus.

Laxus turned around slowly to face the Fire prince.

"What did you say!?" Laxus angrily asked but still with his face of disbelief.

"You're not fooling anybody, hell I doubt you're even fooling yourself!" Zuko yelled.

"What the hell are you talking about!?"

"You heard what Freed said, Fairy Law only affects the caster's enemy; and no one is dead! But even that isn't it, because you know deep down that even if it *did* work, you still wouldn't be satisfied with yourself, even *if* you had Fairy Tail, because it's not really what you want!" Laxus had a look of shock as Zuko was saying all this. It looked like Zuko's words were affecting him. "I don't need to read minds or anything to know how you think; I used to be just you! So obsessed with getting what I thought I wanted, but once I had it, I learned that it really wasn't what I wanted, and what's worse, I even lost myself getting there; and the exact same thing is going to happen to you!" Laxus' entire body was now becoming engulfed in electrical energy and his muscles grew again.

"You want some friendly advice Laxus? Whatever grudge you think you have, Let it go! Because I guarantee the path you're going down, just leads to more pain, FOR YOU AND EVERYONE AROUND YOU!?"

Laxus was engulfed in electrical energy. "SHUT THE HELL UP!" He punched Zuko in the face causing him to fly to the side of the cathedral. He made an electric pillar engulf Zuko in electrical power while he screamed out in pain. "You don't know anything about me! YOU HEAR!?" He shot two charged balls of electrical energy at Zuko as he didn't have time to dodge. He walked to Zuko's beaten figure. "I'M GONNA TURN YOU INTO DUST!" He held his electrified fist back as he looked to finish the job. "I'M STRONGER THAN YOU! I'M STRONGER THAN THE OLD MAN! I'M STRONGER THAN EVERYONE!" They made huge lines of thunder that were traveling across many parts of the floor, Freed braced himself while Gajeel protected Levy.

Natsu and Aang were glaring at Laxus.

"Don't get so puffed up you jerk! What exactly makes you different from the rest of us!?" Natsu said ripping off his shirt as he surrounded himself in whips of fire.

"We're all the same Laxus!" Aang said now becoming surrounded in a hemisphere of air. "We're all part of the same family!"

Laxus' eyes widened but he maintained his fighting stance. "And just what the hell do you know!?" Laxus asked as his pupils disappeared again.

It was revealed that the Laxus was surrounded by streaks of Lightning that flowed upwards. Natsu was surrounded by raging flames, that shot upwards, and finally Aang's airsphere started to float with him inside it.

"I know that Fairy Tail treats their members like family, because we know that there are some things that one cannot do alone! Divided, we are strong, but together… we are unstoppable!" Aang yelled his arrows shone a bright white glow and his eyes were engulfed by it. Natsu was surrounded by huge flames which formed a dragon shape for a moment before a roar was heard. Aang charged to Laxus while surrounded by huge winds and Natsu flew to Laxus inside his powerful flames.

"SHUT UP, AANG!" Laxus yelled as he was cloaked by his electrical energy and threw a punch to both of them with one hand. The caused a huge explosion with a mixture of all their elements. Soon they flew up into the sky while surrounded by fire, air and thunder respectively. They were clashing constantly in the air. Laxus charged into Natsu. "DISAPPEAR OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH!" He yelled. Natsu staggered back a bit, but this left Aang plenty of space to attack.

"YOU FIRST!" Aang yelled in his Avatar State voice. He placed his right fist on his left palm and icy wind was seen from them. "**Ice-Make: Dual Rose Blades**!" His arms were surrounded by icy winds that formed large, thick ice blades with rose thorns sticking out of them. He now had air scooters below his feet and shot off to Laxus, attempting to cross slash him, but the Lightning Dragon Slayer blocked the blade by crossing his arms, forcing them to collide with his dragon scales. They were in a brief stalemate before the blades were surrounded in fire, causing them to shatter. Aang's arms were engulfed in flames and he punched Laxus, who staggered back slightly. Aang got a sudden burst of speed and he was constantly charging into Laxus with fiery fists. Laxus grabbed Aang's arm on the fifth attempt and threw him towards Natsu, who surged past Aang while flames still surrounded him. Aang controlled his descent by blasting air from his feet and flew behind Natsu.

"Even if this guild dies, it'll never be yours!" Natsu said he and Laxus collided. "Because it's our home to return to!" he and Laxus were constantly punching each other in the face. They both looked to be on equal footing until Laxus threw a hard punch that made Natsu fly to the cathedral that exploded. Aang was getting closer to Laxus, he made some rocks from the ground cover his arm in an earth gauntlet, the earth gauntlet were now on fire. He charged to Laxus but the Lightning Dragon Slayer easily blocked the punch despite how hard it has. Laxus threw a very hard punch which forced Aang to crash into the ground causing a crater.

Natsu who crashed through the upper walls of the cathedral saw that Laxus kneed his stomach, causing him to crash down the floors of the building. "Can't you even die right!?" once they hit the ground, he picked up Natsu and threw him across the small roof they landed on. Natsu dug his fingers into the roof before he collapsed on his stomach.

Before Laxus could fully get up he saw Aang high in the sky above him. He had a huge wave of water, the water landed on Laxus and formed a water sphere around him. Laxus' body surged with electrical energy instantly evaporating the water, after this, Aang landed on the roof and threw fire jabs with his fists and feet but Laxus was able to take the fireballs.

"Don't toy with me, child!" Laxus yelled. He charged towards Aang, but before Laxus could get a hit in, Aang made a tremendous updraft that forced Laxus into the air. Once that happened, Aang surrounded himself in an air sphere before flying up to meet Laxus, but Laxus was prepared and clasped both his hands together slammed the Avatar down to towards the roof, but before Aang could hit the roof Laxus was engulfed raging electrical energy as he threw his knee to Aang's back, forcing him to hit the roof a lot harder. So much so that this forced him out of the Avatar State.

"Did you two honestly think you could beat me?" Laxus angrily asked. The fight on top of the cathedral had attracted many on lookers from the city.

Both Aang and Natsu were weakly rising up.

"The guild… isn't yours." Natsu defiantly said.

"And we'll make sure it stays that way." The Avatar said with a pant.

"SHUT UP!" Laxus yelled. He pulled his right fist as it was now surrounded in raging yellow lightning. "**Lightning Dragon Demolition Fist!**" He shot a yellow electrified fist from a magical seal that appeared in front of him by punching forward. It was speeding towards the pair. Aang had mustered enough energy to step in front of Natsu. The electric fist sped to them before exploding on contact, creating a huge smoke cloud. "It's a 100 years too early for you to be preaching to me, you brats." However through the cloud a huge stream of yellow lightning shot from it and into the air. It was revealed when the smoke cleared that Aang had redirected Laxus' attack into the sky. He remained in a fighting stance with little remains of Laxus' yellow lightning sparking around him.

On the ground, outside. Levy was holding up Gajeel while Freed held up Zuko.

"How are they still standing?" Freed asked.

"It's Aang, he redirected Laxus' attack." Zuko explained.

"Aang, Natsu… please that's enough." Levy pleaded.

Laxus had a shocked look on his face before Aang gave a slight smirk and Natsu punched the ground as he stood up. "That all you got?" Aang asked with a slight chuckle.

"YOU DAMNED BRATS!" Laxus yelled in pure rage, he was surrounded in his raging lightning again as he shouted this. He raised his right arm into the air which summoned a yellow magic seal. "THAT WAS YOUR LAST MISTAKE KID! NOW I'M GOING TO OBLITERATE YOU!" he bellowed. The lightning that surrounded him only grew more intense.

There was a look of horror on Freed's face; he knew Laxus was going all out. "That spell… DON'T DO IT LAXUS! IF YOU USE THAT MUCH POWER INTO THE ATTACK, IT WILL KILL THEM!" Freed yelled.

Laxus gave a satisfying laugh. "**Lightning Dragon** **Heavenward Halberd**!" He threw the huge mass of lightning he charged to both of them as it not formed into a detailed spear made of Laxus' Lightning that raged towards Natsu and Aang.

"Natsu… I can't redirect that!" Aang said as they both stood there unable to move for the moment, ready to take the absolute power of Laxus' attack. It got close to them as it was making a huge flash in front of them.

"NO!" Levy and Freed screamed.

The attack however made a sharp right turn away from its intended targets and instead was speeding to a pillar of iron, Gajeel's left arm shaped into an iron pillar to be precise. He conducted the electricity of the attack like a lightning rod. The attack pushed him back off the roof.

"GAJEEL!" Levy worriedly yelled.

"Did… did he use his iron as a lightning rod?" Freed asked.

As Gajeel was falling to the ground he looked at the two who he had just saved. "Take him down!"

Both Natsu and Aang had shocked faces before they began to channel their anger. Aang's airbender tattoos were glowing while Natsu began screaming as his flames surrounded his entire body. The same thing was now happening to Aang.

Laxus looked down to Gajeel. "How dare you!"

"**Fire Dragon…**" the both chanted. Laxus noticed this and charged to the both of them with an electrified fist as he planned to meet counter their attack. "**Iron Fist**!" their attacks collided as Aang and Natsu punched Laxus with fists of flames. Once Laxus staggered back, Aang jumped on Natsu's back forcing himself into the air.

Once he was high into the air he generated a small ball of water in his right hand before grabbing and slamming his right fist into his left palm. "**Ice-Make: Blizzard Storm**!" he forced a small ice crystals to Laxus which when they hit the ground, they grew into humongous ice spikes that spread out in every direction. Laxus was hit and he staggered back because of the attack, but as soon as the ice spikes forced him to the edge of the cathedral. Natsu was speeding to him, while engulfed in flames. "**Fire Dragon's Sword Edge**!" Natsu sped to him while engulfed in flames, he clashed into Laxus' stomach but Laxus was able to prevent himself from falling off. But behind him Aang was surrounded in a sphere of air and he bulldozed Laxus with it as Natsu was able to jump out of the way. Aang made them collide into one of the thick pillars at the end of the causing huge damage to Laxus, but the Lightning Dragon Slayer wasn't giving in just yet.

"Back off, you stupid brat!" Laxus had a fist engulfed in lightning but Aang engulfed his right foot in flames with curving blades of air, which hit Laxus' fist forcing Aang back but he maintained his composure and landed on his feet while sliding back, Natsu took the initiative and went for Laxus giving him little time to recover.

"**Fire Dragon Iron Fist**!" Natsu yelled as his fist collided with Laxus' body. "**Talons**!" he swung his right root that was engulfed in flames across Laxus' chest. "**Wing Slash**!" his arms were engulfed in light whips of fire, he threw them on top of Laxus. "**Flaming Elbow**!" his elbow ignited flames and threw a boosted punch to Laxus' face, all the while every one of his strikes were causing tiny explosions.

Laxus arched back as he prepared to fight back after Natsu's onslaught. "**Lightning Dragon Roar**!" he shot a powerful beam of lightning from him mouth towards Natsu, Aang stood in front of Natsu before absorbing all of Laxus' energy. As the two stood next to each other, they formed a combination attack.

"**Fire Dragon's Roar**!" Natsu chanted firing a huge stream of flames. At the same time, Aang shot Laxus' lightning right back at him, his lightning combining with Natsu's flames creating a fiery-electric combination attack that made an explosion that shook the area around them, making shockwaves reverberate around the city. Once the smoke cleared Laxus was still standing but Aang and Natsu weren't finished yet. Aang made a huge whip of air swipe Laxus off his feet, as he was about to hit the floor, he looked up to see Natsu above him. "**Fire Dragon Brilliant Blaze**!" The Fire Dragon Slayer threw a huge ball of fire that collided with Laxus causing huge damage. Aang levitated in his air sphere, he was seen bringing many of the standing water in the city towards him, it was now a long whip which he threw towards Laxus who was powering an attack but found it was quickly dispelled as soon as Aang bended the water to lift Laxus off the roof and toss him around in the air. Aang used the water to throw Laxus towards Natsu who's arms were engulfed in fire. "**Fire Dragon Wing Slash**!" The flames grew and he threw the huge attack onto Laxus. The Lightning Dragon Slayer landed on his stomach before he slowly began to get up while he was panting.

On the ground Freed had a shocked face. "Laxus… he's… getting beaten…"

"Look at them." Levy started. "They're in perfect sync. It's almost like those two can take on the entire world and win."

Zuko made a grin hinting that he was slightly amused. "Those two are something else, aren't they?"

Aang made the water he used earlier to surround himself with a ring made of the water. He flung all of the water in a long whip that shot Laxus up into the air. Shortly after this Natsu engulfed himself in flames while Aang made a huge airhemisphere that covered them both, the water he used now was rotating around it, pieces of the ground compressed into stone shaped size rocks as they began to spin around the air hemisphere, Aang shot flames from his mouth that formed a ring around his hemisphere. Soon Natsu's flames transformed into dragon shape and it grew larger as it was being powered by the other elements that Aang was providing. Natsu and Aang joined hands with Natsu's left hand being taken by Aang's right. They both flew up towards Laxus while cloaked by the humongous fire dragon as it was now surrounded by the four elements provided by Aang.

Freed's eyes now grew even wider. Levy quickly noticed what they were doing.

"Is that… what I think it is?" She asked.

"Unison Raid!?" Freed forced out.

Natsu and Aang while inside their combined attack bellowed... "**Avatar Dragon Elemental Inferno**!" Aang threw a punch with his left hand while Natsu gave one with his right hand. Once they made contact a dragon's roar was heard before an orange/red fire tornado formed around them once the dragon exploded.

Both Levy and Freed's pupils were shaking in awe of their power, however both Zuko and Gajeel give smirks at the result.

Natsu landed on his feet while Aang landed on one foot and one knee indicating he was more fatigued than Natsu. His tattoos stop fading and his eyes could now be seen. Both remained in fighting stances while panting and glaring at Laxus.

Laxus lands on the roof in a heap as he lied motionless on his back confirming his defeat. "Laxus… lost." Freed said.

Both Natsu and Aang screamed into the air making slight dragon roars.

Somewhere in an unknown location a whitish blue sphere of energy was floating through a world that looked like the interior of a volcano. It stopped to look at a pair of yellow glowing eyes surrounded by scales. "Why have you come, Grandeeney?" the figure with yellow eyes bellowed.

"It's been a while." The orb of energy known as Grandeeney replied.

"I thought coming here or meddling were forbidden!" The figure angrily said.

"That child really goes overboard, you know. He's even influencing that child from the other world. I wonder who he takes after?" Grandeeney rhetorically asked. "But his luck won't last forever. He might die."

The figure widened his eyes.

"GET OUT!" He bellowed, soon the rock he was inside exploded and was covered in flames. "Do not interfere with the humans! Do you wish to anger me? Anger Igneel!?" he said revealing that he was the Fire Dragon Igneel. He flapped his wings and gave an angry roar.

After this, Grandeeney seemed to agree. "Yes. No matter how we may be worried, there is not a thing we can do. All we can do is believe in the power of the humans. Zeref is… Never mind, let it be." She said choosing to leave the situation. "Also, that child, he has absorbed two magics and one of them happens to be yours, should we worry about him?" Grandeeney asked.

"We will find out." Igneel replied. "He will soon find out how dangerous he can be, and that is when we will see whether he is deserving of the magic he possesses."

Porlyusica was walking through the streets of Magnolia, people were discussing about how the Fantasia festival has been postponed until the following night. There was talk that Makarov would be replaced due to his deteriorating health, they wondered who the next Master would be. However, their talks would be in vain as Porlyusica walking from the guild after successfully healing Makarov.

When Erza announced this to the guild, everyone was ecstatic.

Katara gave a sigh. "That's a relief."

"Thank goodness." Lucy said. "I didn't know what was going to happen for a little while there."

"That old man ain't gonna kick the bucket just yet." Gray said.

"But the master is quite old. Stressing his heart more will only make his health worse. Don't forget that everyone." Erza reminded

"Aye sir!" Everyone yelled.

Lucy had some concerns though.

"But are we really doing Fantasia under these conditions?" She asked.

"It's what the master wants." Mira said. "It's precisely at times like this that we should do it."

"Are you kidding me?!" Sokka said. "After almost getting killed by those evil guys we should never again mention ever again. Can't we just get some R and R… just this once?"

"Sokka, you're being unreasonable." Katara said folding her arms. "After what the Master had to go through, I think we owe it to him. Plus, I would like to see what the Fantasia is like."

Juvia clasped her fingers together in glee. "Juvia is also looking forward to seeing the Fantasia!"

Cana walked by their table. "You'll be participating too." She said which surprised her.

Juvia was now far from the table nervously pecking at the wall with her finger.

"But… Juvia just joined…" She said repeating her action only at a faster pace.

"Is she troubled or happy by it." Wakaba asked.

"I don't know." Macao said.

"She's so cute…" Cana added.

Happy appeared by the wall. "Well we do have a lot of injured people. The rule is: anyone who can still move has to participate?" Happy said while he enjoyed a fish in his mouth.

Toph and Mai sweatdropped. "Aw crap…" they both said.

"C'mon it'll be fun!" Ty Lee said putting her arms around them.

"Then I guess I'll participate too!" Lucy said with a determined face.

"Whether you are happy about it or not." Gray jerked his thumb backwards. "Looks like those guys can't participate, though." He said with a humored expression.

"No kidding." Lucy added.

Sitting on two benches were Natsu, Gajeel, Aang and Zuko. They were all covered in bandages so the point where moving would be difficult, Their bandages covered most of their bodies, they all had slightly annoyed looks on their faces. Though weirdly Natsu had bandages covering his mouth. Aang had bandages around his head and most of his body and his arm was in a sling, most of Zuko's face covered accept for his mouth and scar. Gajeel had similar bandages but he had a cast on his right leg and a crutch was seen next to him. "I don't wanna hear that from you." Gajeel said.

Natsu said something but it was muffled due to the bandages covering his mouth.

"What did you expect; we made the dumb choice of fighting Laxus." Zuko replied as he seemed to understand what Natsu said.

"I have no idea what you're saying." Lucy said.

"It's probably nothing important." Happy said.

Gajeel leaned back. "Not a chance. No way you can participate, trash." Gajeel said. Natsu said something that was inaudible as he covered himself in flames. "W-what does that have to do with it?" Gajeel said with a slight nervous tone.

"You didn't have to take it that far Natsu." Aang said.

"Totally uncalled for." Zuko commented.

"I wonder how they can, understand him?" Lucy asked with a sweatdrop on the side of her face.

Happy was now stuffing his face with something else. "It's probably nothing important, though it is probably because they are just as stupid as Natsu is."

"That can't be it." Lucy said.

Toph appeared in between them. "It it's a factor of being stupid, then Sokka should be able to understand them clearly." Toph mocked.

"Hey! Now *that* is uncalled for." Sokka yelled pointing at Toph with an angry face, in the background Suki and Mai were giggling behind her.

Katara walks up to the four of them. "I might not be able to do much, but I can try to heal you if you like?" she offered.

"Yes please…" Aang said. "I could really use some healing water right about now."

Natsu said something that was muffled by his bandages.

"Do what you must." Zuko said, not showing much emotion.

She looked to Gajeel, who stubbornly looked away from her. "Tch! I don't need no stinkin' nurse!" he rudely said.

Katara folded her arms. "Good, 'cause I wasn't asking you!" she angrily said to the Iron Dragon Slayer.

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

They both turned away from each other in a stubborn fashion. "Uh… I would still like some healing water." Aang reminded.

"Oh… sorry…but I might not be able to heal you completely in time for the Fantasia festival."

Ty Lee was seen flipping to them. "I think I can help with that!"

"How? You're not a healer." Zuko said.

"No, but I can use my Chi-Blocking to numb the pain for you guys. Your injuries will still be there, you just won't be able to feel them."

Zuko began to think about it. "It might do more harm than good, but we should be okay as long as we aren't moving too much. What do you guys think?"

Natsu tried to talk again but his words weren't heard accept by Zuko, Aang and Gajeel for some reason.

"Well, Natsu's in so am I." Aang said.

"Count me out." Gajeel said. "I don't need your help…"

"He's not pleasant to be around, is he?" Ty Lee asked looking at Katara.

"He tends to do that." Katara said glaring at Gajeel.

Meanwhile Sokka, Suki, Mai, Erza and Gray were standing together. "I still can't believe that Aang and Natsu beat Laxus." Sokka said.

"I didn't have a doubt in my mind." Toph said. "It was those two that managed to save Erza take out that Jellal creep."

"I still can't believe that they both performed a Unison Raid." Gray pointed out.

"A Unison Raid? What is that?" Suki asked.

Erza began to explain. "It is a method in which two wizards combine their magics together into one powerful attack. It's something that is very rare and not just anyone can perform it. Yet Aang and Natsu performed it twice." Erza flashed back to when they both used their first Unison Raid against Jellal.

"You know what would be great." Sokka started. "If we saw a fight against them, I wonder who, would win?" Sokka said.

"Uh… wasn't Laxus' plan to have Fairy Tail fight against each other anyway?" Mai reminded.

"Well… yeah I mean there's that…"

Erza looked at Natsu and Aang and they looked to be joking with each other while Ty Lee was examining their injuries. "*Natsu… Aang… I believe that you two are more connected than we thought.*" She then looked at the many smiling faces in the guild. "*With this, we have fixed many problems in the guild*." She thought.

However the cheer was cut short when a shadow of a familiar figure walked through the guild doors. It was Laxus who was also covered in bandages, and he had his black jacket on him, that moved with the wind.

"Laxus!" Macao growled.

"Why you!" Wakaba said

Laxus continued to walk into the building, ignoring their comments.

"Where's the old man?" He calmly asked.

Sokka blocked his path. "Oh yeah, like we'll just let you waltz in here and let you see the Master!"

Katara got prepared to fight Laxus. "You really think you can just come in here and request something like that? After everything you've done!?"

"I say we make him leave!" Toph said. Now many members of the guild were yelling at Laxus. Even when Levy tried to get them to cease their outbursts, it did nothing.

"That's enough!" They all heard as a yell. They all saw Zuko getting to his feet.

"Zuko…?" Levy said to herself.

"Are you nuts!?" Jet yelled to Zuko.

"He's in the infirmary. Go." Ryu said simply while standing next to Erza, ceasing any further protests from the other Fairy Tail members. "While you still have the opportunity."

Laxus began to walk there without saying a single word. He walks past Aang who gave a glare to him. Soon Natsu gives a muffled yell and gets into Laxus' path while glaring at him.

"Natsu." Laxus said. The Fire Dragon Slayer pointed at Laxus before yelling something to him, which made everyone else in the guild turn white in confusion.

"Wow, even when you cover his mouth, he can't shut up." Mai remarked.

Gajeel had now joined everyone else as he got up.

"Some interpretation, if you please?" Lucy asked glancing at Gajeel.

"This time was four against one, so I ain't satisfied. I ain't gonna lose next time. I'll fight you anytime, Laxus! He said." Gajeel translated.

"But, I thought he and Aang won?" Lucy said.

"Yeah, but you're missing one important thing." Toph started as Laxus began to walk past Natsu with the Fire Dragon Slayer was still pointing in that direction while shivering. "He *and* Aang won, and it was four against him when he started. I get the impression he wanted to beat Laxus by himself."

Katara, Sokka and Lucy walked up to Zuko and Ryu.

"Are you sure it was the right thing to tell him where the Master is?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah." Sokka agreed. "For all we know, it's just another plot of his to take Fairy Tail for himself. He's going to try something."

"He won't." Zuko replied.

"Why do you say that?" Lucy asked.

"You probably wouldn't believe me, but Laxus and I actually have a lot in common."

"We have other matters to worry about besides him anyway." Ryu added.

Natsu was furious that Laxus ignored him, so much so that he turned around and yelled Laxus' name through the bandages covering his mouth. Laxus raises his arm as a sort of casual wave to Natsu behind him, Natsu now became less hostile and Aang gave a relieving sigh.

Everyone was surprised that Laxus didn't act hostiliy to anyone in the guild. Now that business over with, Fairy Tail had begun making preparations for the Fantasia festival.

Makarov was lying in bed while in a blue and gold robe. Laxus was standing by the door of the infirmary. "Such a noisy bunch." He commented calmly.

Makarov got out of bed and looked at his grandson. "Do you understand what you have done?" He asked. Laxus began to slightly look away. "Look me in the eyes." He gave a serious look to Laxus. "Guilds you see, they are a place where people gather, a place where people can find work, and kids with no place to go, they can be a home. They are not something you can simply just own. A guild is the confidence and good will of each individual, and from the tough bonds that are formed. You went against that good will and threatened the lives of your fellow members. This is something that cannot be forgiven."

"I know…" Laxus answered while clenching his right fist. "I wanted to… make this guild… stronger." Laxus replied with an honest look in his eyes.

Makarov gave a grumbled sigh.

"You're so awkward." Makarov said. He began walking to his grandson. "Try relaxing a little, would you? If you did that, then maybe you'd see the things you can't see. You'd hear the words that you can't hear now." Laxus looked to be thinking about Makarov's words. "Life is more fun. Raising you was like a new lease on life for me. You don't need power, You don't need strength. Just be happy and healthy. That's all I ever wanted for you…" Makarov was giving a slight smile. Laxus was now uncharacteristically getting slightly choked up. "Laxus…" he extended his right arm to his side. "You are expelled." He said in his angry tone.

Laxus looked to have understood the decision despite being shocked about it, briefly. "I understand." He replied. "Sorry… for all of the trouble." Laxus was seen walking out of the infirmary with a faint smile. "Old man… Take care of yourself."

"Get out!" Makarov said as he began to cry but tried to keep it hidden by turning away from Laxus.

Elsewhere in Magnolia, inside Kobu's rented apartment. Kobu and Hen looked as if they were preparing to leave they had bandages on their bodies, but they weren't heavily covered as Hen only had on his arms and Kobu had bandages around his forehead and his stomach that was under his clothing. "So are we ready to go?" Kobu asked, as he had a satchel with documents and his own research on Magnolia.

"Yeah, though I guess Ping will be pretty mad since we should have gotten back earlier." Hen said.

Kobu looked to have applied some thought. "Let her get mad, what can she do? She can't kill us, and she needs us as much as we need her. Though…" Kobu gave a sigh.

"What is it?" Hen asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

"This plan…? Attacking Fairy Tail... They are just too powerful."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean the four of us… by ourselves, we can't bring Fairy Tail down… not in a straight fight… and even if we were smart about the attack, we wouldn't be able to win, they just heavily outnumber us. That's why I think we just have to assassinate the Avatar when he is on a job or something. Forcing a fight in the streets like the Thunder God tribe did, will make things harder for us."

Hen folded his arms. "Jeez, why must you always bore-ify everything. We just have to get stronger, to a point where we can take on Fairy Tail, simple!" The Earthbender replied with a grin.

"This isn't a game Hen! Fairy Tail might not kill us if we lose against them, but the Fire Nation is a different story, win or lose, killing the Avatar is the only thing that matters, and capturing him will be a death wish as we'll just bring their Dragon Slayers straight to us. We should form an alternate plan if we are going to take care of this issue, and we shouldn't rush it."

"Hey, do you know how we were able to escape from Laxus? I mean didn't he knock us out?"

"He did, but Chun saved us. When I came to, she was tending to your wounds, weirdly enough she smiled at me. I figured she would have left us to die back there."

"Are you going to apologize for all that crap you said?"

"What are you talking about?"

Hen began to imitate Kobu in a deep voice. *"People from the Fire Nation… are not human! And Firebenders are nothing more than demons on leashes…"*

"You're going to tell me that, that isn't true?"

"Chun isn't like that; sure Firebenders are jerks, but not Chun. She's different, but I'll be the first to say that killing the Avatar won't solve our problems and you know it... It's people like you with dreams of revenge that keep the war from ending."

Kobu was surprised. "Well that's a surprise coming from you, but if that's the case. Why did the Fire Nation come to you?"

"They needed my skills and I agreed…" Kobu gave a blank look to him. "Hey, I had my reasons, and I'm not going to tell you, Mr. All Firebenders are out to get us."

Kobu folded his arms. "Say what you want you crazy bastard. But killing the Avatar is only the first step of my plan."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah I get it… don't need to tell me your whole life story. *Again.*" They heard a knock on the door. "I'll get it!" Hen wildly swung the door open and Chun was behind as she had some bandages on her, they were on her arms and some amounts on her ankles. She was holding a white pastry box.

"Well whatcha got there Chun?" Hen asked.

"I just thought that we could use some cheering up, so I got us some cake!" She said while smiling.

Hen's stomach growled. "Well my stomach, is going to thank you." He quickly opened the box and took a slice of chocolate cake from the box and began stuffing it into his mouth. "Ohh… before I forghet… phanks for sitching us up." He mumbled with his mouth full of cake.

"Oh… d-don't mention it. I just didn't want you guys getting hurt is all." She said while slightly blushing, she saw Hen stuff another slice into his mouth. "What about you Kobu? I got this for the three of us."

"Why would I savor in the fruits of defeat, and with a Firebender no less?" Kobu angrily replied.

Chun looked hurt. "Sorry… just wanted to…"

"It doesn't matter at this point, we should be heading back anyway, and Ping will be expecting us back."

"Actually… do you think we can stay for the Fantasia festival…?" Chun asked with a slightly nervous tone.

Kobu pinched the bridge of his nose before he sighed. "You can do whatever you want for all I care, I'm heading back!" He left the room with his satchel.

Chun gave a depressed sigh. "He still hates me, doesn't he?"

"That, I can confirm." Hen said while stuffing another slice into his mouth.

Chun put the cake box on a counter before sighing. "I figure if we are about to do something very despicable, we could at least be friends, plus I want him to see me for *who* I am, not for *what* I am."

"Ah screw him!" Hen said. "He's a depressing spirit monster that sucks the happiness out of everything." Chun giggled at his comment. "Besides I like hanging out with you, at least you're not a wet blanket like Ping and Kobu. So you've at least got one friend." He said with a smirk.

"T-thanks Hen, that means a lot…" She thanked while blushing.

"And if it means that much. I'll go to this festival with you…"

"Really!?"

"Of course, as long as there is food."

Chun sighed. "Is food and fighting the only thing you live for?"

"You don't know me at all do you?" they both laughed to themselves. "Well, are we heading out?"

Chun gave a smile and closed her eyes. "Yeah, sure."

They both left the room to head back out into Magnolia while Kobu was heading back to their hideout.

The sun was now setting over Magnolia a loud voice was heard in South Gate Park. "You've got to be kidding me!" The yelling voice revealed itself to be Evergreen's. "Why are you the only one that's expelled?" The Thunder God tribe were now with Laxus.

"Aren't we just as guilty?!" Bickslow yelled.

"As guilty…" Bickslow's dolls repeated.

"It's what the old man wanted." Laxus replied standing in front of them.

"Then we'll quit!" Evergreen swiftly said.

"Without you, we're…" Bickslow said.

"What a pain you guys are." Laxus remarked while folding his arms. "What? Can't you just say goodbye?"

"Why try to take all the responsibility on yourself?" Freed asked.

"That's not the case." Laxus replied. "Unlike you, I don't have any attachments left to the guild."

"We'll ask the Master!" Evergreen suggested.

"I'm sure Natsu, Aang and Gray will be against your expulsion!" Bickslow said. "No matter what they say…"

Laxus turned to them with a smile on his face.

"Laxus…" Freed said.

"Well, goodbye." Laxus turned away from them, he began to walk away from them.

"Laxus!" Evergreen yelled.

"What the hell!?" Bickslow angrily yelled. "What'll happen to the Thunder God Tribe!?" He was letting his frustrations out while Evergreen began to cry. "Damn it!"

Laxus abruptly stopped moving. "Before I forget… you should consider hanging out with that Zuko guy. I actually see a bit of myself in that kid."

Both Bickslow and Evergreen took his comment seriously. Freed however didn't look affected by Laxus' departure. "*We'll see each other again. Laxus…*" He thought before a smile appeared on his face.

Meanwhile in an unknown location, Ultear was standing on a on the tip of a mountain with her lacrima crystal ball floating next to her. "Excellent work, Ultear." She heard. The voice probably came from her crystal ball.

"So, what happened to Jellal?" The voice asked.

"Who knows? Who cares?" Ultear replied.

"What a pitiful man… He thought he was using you, but in fact he was being used himself."

"It was fun. For 8 years, he never noticed I was pretending to be the spirit of Zeref…" She said.

"Your brainwashing made the plan work perfectly. The upheaval in the Council and the firing of Etherion… Everything went exactly to plan." The voice congratulated.

"Yes." Ultear responded. "While Jellal was on his rampage, you could move as you pleased."

Ultear had the symbol of Zeref floating above her left hand. "Thanks to that, we've obtained one of the keys needed to unlock the seal."

"Is that so? Congratulations, Master Hades." Ultear said.

"Although, it seems that we may have stumbled onto to something equally interesting." Hades said.

"Ah yes, our precious little messiah from another world, the so-called "Elemental Wizard", Avatar Aang."

The orb floating near Ultear showed his battles between Erigor, Lyon, Zalty and Jellal.

"The fact that he's from another world alone is interesting, but he can also manipulate the four elements; but what really caught my interest was his now apparent use in magic. First your mother's Ice-Make Magic…" the crystal ball showed Aang using his move 'Ice-Make Dual Rose Blades' while fighting Zalty. "…and now even more surprising, Dragon Slayer Magic…" the ball then showed Aang using 'Fire Dragon's Iron Fist and Fire Dragon Power Blaze in his battle against Jellal. "…one of the Lost Magics, not just anyone can wield that kind of power, and I have a feeling that we're only scratching the surface of what he is truly capable of." Hades explained.

"For someone so young, he wields unbelievable power, not to mention that he's rather adorable. Jellal may have been a fool, but he was right about one thing, little Aang isn't an enemy, he's an opportunity."

"And to think there's an entire nation who simply wishes him dead." Hades sounded like he scoffed at the Fire Nation. "To let all that power go to waste, this Fire Nation seems to be nothing more than short-sighted fools."

"Funny, Jellal said the same thing."

Hades sounded surprised that Jellal knew about Aang. "Did he know? He may have been on to something. I'll be watching the boy with great interest." Hades said as the Zeref symbol floating above Ultear's hand began to fade away.

Ultear slightly chuckles to herself. "I'm sorry things had to end this way, my dear Jellal." As she says this. Jellal's body is seen sinking underwater, probably at the same location at where the Tower of Heaven used to be, it was also apparent that he had bright blue glowing symbols on his arms and on the left side of his face.

Fireworks were now being lit up in the night sky all over Magnolia. The Fantasia parade was taking place. People all over town were ecstatic for the show that was about to take place. There were many floats on display. Including the one that was in the front that was a green angler fish with a figure of Happy sitting on top of it, the figure of the cat was consuming a white jelly fish.

On one of the floats, Cana was moving her cards around her while the cards themselves were surrounded by pink glittery hearts Macao was seen throwing a purple stream of fire into the air, where it shot through and outline of a pink heart. They both exploded into sparkles.

Meanwhile in one of the corners by an alley, behind many of the happy on lookers, Laxus was watching the festival with a slight smile.

A float of a badgermole with a big boulder on it was parading through the city. Toph made one single step, before the boulder shattered into a figure of her holding the Fairy Tail symbol in her left hand with a smirk on her face.

On a nearby rooftop, Chun and Hen were watching the festival with Chun's face positively gleaming with joy and excitement.

"This. Is. Amazing!" Chun happily exclaimed. "We had nothing as spectacular like this back in the Fire Nation!"

"Glad we got something out of our horrible loss." Hen said with a slight smile. "I will say that, these Fairy Tail wizards sure know how to put on a show."

Down below on another float. Lucy, Levy, Ty Lee, Suki and Bisca were dancing with flags in matching outfits. Lucy upon finishing her dance had noticed Chun on the rooftop that she and Hen were watching from. The blonde wizard gave a smile accompanied by a wink in her direction. Chun knew that Lucy had done that for her and was quite touched; she held her hands to her chest.

"Hey…" Hen said, snapping Chun from her thoughts as he noticed her strange behavior.

"You okay?" He asked.

Chun turned to him and gave a not. "I'm fine, feeling great actually." "*Lucy… despite know how terrible the Fire Nation is, you still try to reach out to me, even though I'm a Firebender. Makes me wonder… what would have happened if I accepted your offer to join Fairy Tail… maybe I should have taken it… maybe things would have turned out differently, but I definitely would be happier.*" She looked to Hen who looked to be holding corndogs. "Hey, Hen. Can I ask you something?"

Hen dragged the finished corndog stick from his mouth. "Fire away, little lady."

"What do you think of Fairy Tail? I want your honest answer, I swear, Ping and Kobu will never know." She assured.

"What do I think? I think that they are reckless and powerful… kinda like me… though after seeing this festival; maybe they'd be fun to hang around if I'm being honest. If only we had something like this in our world, a united guild of people that are super strong, maybe the Fire Nation wouldn't be so feared with those kinds of people around." Hen answered.

"Yeah, I agree. In fact if we're being honest, I would have liked to join them…" Hen noticed that Chun began to tremble and he smile had disappeared. "…but because of this job… if we don't fight them or kill the Avatar… then those monsters will…" She suddenly felt Hen placing his hand on her shoulder. "H-Hen?"

"Forget about all that heavy stuff for moment…" he said trying to cheer her up. "Let's just enjoy the night for now… and hey, maybe after today things will sort themselves out. Everything always turns out alright in the end, that's what my mom always said to me. So, let's forget about this job and just enjoy ourselves for now, sound good?" Chun had some small tears developing before she rubbed them.

"Y-yeah! That sounds great." She replied.

On a smaller float next to the one Lucy was on, Elfman was in his Beast Form and was playfully fighting against Sokka, the float was shaped like a castle, on top of the castle was a pink rose petal, Mira appeared out of it before she waved to the crowd. She became surrounded in gold energy signaling the was going to use her transformation magic. The crowd were excited to see what she would transform into, but they turned while, becoming stunned when she transformed into a Sky Bison, it had her pony tail in front by her forehead. He now increased weight managed to crush the float completely. All this spooked Sokka and Elfman.

The float behind them was a blue themed one. An ice castle was made while fountains of water were shooting from it. Gray was dressed as a prince while Juvia, was like a princess. Gray nodded to her, Juvia threw water upwards to the top of the castle where Katara in the same outfit she wore in the Miss Fairy Tail contest was waiting. As soon as it got to her she took control of it and began making a large water whip around herself, above the float she nodded to Gray, he shot a sphere of ice energy to the large mass of water Katara controlled, and when they collided a bright flash was created, out of the flash the people could see the words 'FAIRY TAIL' in ice that was curved and on top of a large circle of water that both Juvia and Katara were controlling.

The next float had Erza, Zuko and Mai on it. Erza who was dressed in a yellow, white and red dress had blades dancing around her in a circle. Zuko stood opposite her, he shot a large stream of fire to Erza which didn't burn her as the swords absorbed Zuko's flames, causing the blades to dance around Erza while on fire, making it more visually appealing. She forced the flaming swords to fly high into the air, that is when Mai in a pink, white and blue bikini and dress sped past Erza from behind. Erza requipped into a similar outfit that Mai was wearing, except her hair was in pigtails, she held two curved flat blades, and begun to dance. This dance made the fire swords fly over to Mai, where she was easily able to dance and dodge around them. When one was heading for someone by the crowd, Mai quickly caught it without any trouble, she winked as the person who the flame sword was heading to with a smile, and the young man fainted with a comical smile on his face.

Behind them Natsu who had less bandages on him thanks to Ty Lee's plan, Iroh and Happy were walking on the street with Fire from Natsu trailing them. Iroh who was in front of Natsu, shot a stream of fire towards the Dragon Slayer which was absorbed into his mouth, once this was done he spit the flames into the air, spelling the words 'FAIRY TAIL' Natsu appeared to be coughing after his spit out the flames.

Finally on a float behind them was an orange circular one with the symbol of the Air Nomads carved on the front. He also had less bandages. For his performance, he made an air scooter and rode on it in a circle twice before he made an earth ramp rise from the rocky float, he used it to propel him high into the air. Once he was high up his air scooter faded, he shot a short burst of fire from his bare-feet boosting him higher, Soon he formed a fire nebula around himself by shooting fire from his hands and feet while spinning around in mid-air. At the same time he made streams of water speed to him from huge barrels, when they collided with the fire nebula, a smokecloud was formed but it was being sucked in by a large air sphere Aang made above him, he kept himself in the air with air scooters on his feet. He took a deep breath, before shooting flames through his mouth at the smoke inside the airsphere, resulting in a huge explosion. Aang landed back on his float before waving to the crowd.

Makarov who was dressed in yellow, purple and bright pink shirt with a large purple bow, he was wearing sea green pants, he also had on red fingerless gloves. He was on a Float that hadn't moved yet. "Master." He heard. He saw Gajeel leaning on his float.

"You're not going to join in?" Makarov asked.

"Ain't my style." Gajeel said, smirking.

Makarov had a childish smile form on his face. "Oh yeah, Mr. Shooby doo Bop?" He gleefully asked. Gajeel's cheeks puffed in embarrassment.

"Here, Master." Gajeel said, handing a piece of paper the guildmaster . Makarov was slightly confused at what Gajeel was giving him. "Master Ivan, your son. I found out where he is."

"Sorry about giving you such a dangerous job." He apologized, slipping the note into his back pocket.

"It was nothing, I didn't screw up. He has no idea I'm a double agent." Gajeel said, still with his smirk. Makarov placed his hand on his shoulder.

"You did well. I can't let him do as he pleases." He was then asked by one of the helping guild mates if he was ready. "Well, I'm off!" He cheerfully said putting on a red cap with cat ears and a pink paw on the forehead.

Laxus was walking in the crowd and heard they were talking about Makarov. He saw that he was doing, in what the crowd described as freaky movements; it was revealed he had a fake tail, completing his cat 'motif'. Laxus closed his eyes as he remembered when he told Makarov about the 'message' he created when he was young. The same one that meant: 'Even when I can't see where you are, I'm always looking at you.' This was done by pointing the pointing finger into the sky and extending the thumb. Makarov had a huge teary eyes when Laxus first showed him. Laxus continued to look at his grandfather acting silly while he formed the symbol with his hand. He turned around to walk away when a voice stopped him.

"Going somewhere Laxus?" Ryu asked the excommunicated Dragon Slayer, leaning against a wall.

"Yeah, I was on my way out of the city when you stopped me." Laxus answered. Ryu was looking behind him as this was said.

"Before that, look behind you." When Laxus turned around, he saw Makarov with a serious face throw his pointing finger into the air with his thumb pointing outwards. Laxus was completely shocked that he remembered, but it had a much deeper meaning, that Makarov was always going to be watching over him. It wasn't long before every single member of the guild in the parade performed this.

"Even after everything you've done to us and Magnolia, Fairy Tail is still looking out for you." Ryu explained quietly while standing next to him.

This touching display actually brought tears to Laxus' eyes.

"Gramps…" Laxus said as he was getting choked up.

"*Even if I can't see you… Even if we are separated far apart… I'll always watch over you… I'll watch over you forever.*" Makarov thought.

As if Laxus could hear Makarov's he had thoughts of his own.

"*Yeah. Thank you.*" Laxus thought.

Elsewhere on the building Chun and Hen were on top of, she saw the symbol they flashed which caused her eyes to slightly tremble. "*I don't know what that actually means… but it makes me think of my brother…*" Chun now performed the symbol which slightly confused Hen, but he decided to ignore it. "*Han… even though we're worlds apart right now… I'll always be thinking of you… Even if you forget me forever… I will always watch over you, even when I am not there… I promise I will find a way to save you.*" She thought with tears falling down her cheeks.

"Hey, you alright? You've been acting weird tonight." Hen said.

Chun lowered her arm and turned to face Hen.

"I'm just fine, thank you!" She cheerfully said.

Aang was sitting on his float looking up at the sky that was filled with sparkles and different kinds of shapes. He was thinking to himself as he looked up to the sky. "*You know, I really didn't think much about this place when I first got here. At first, I thought it was just a place where people come together and find work, but seeing how they treat each other, how they're all willing to stand up for each other and how they see the world, I can't help but feel warmth and happiness. I am going to get back to my world, that is never going to change; but I can still be glad that these people will be here to help me; just like a family, one I'm honored to be a part of.*" He thought deeply to himself.

He gave a satisfying sigh. "I'm a proud member of Fairy Tail."

Happy soon popped up in front of Aang. "So Aang, when are you going to tell Katara that you like her?"

Aang sweat dropped while he was slightly blushing.
"Way to ruin the moment, Happy." Aang muttered to himself.