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"Eh, not how I wanted Feint Attack to play out, but I'll take it I guess." Nic shrugged. Gajeel got up and grumbled and growled as to how Nic humiliated him. His two arms became two clubs that Nic saw coming at him. He put his arms up and took the attack. His arms were feeling a lot of pain.

'So, this is what it's like being hit by a Steel-Type' Nic thought, using Gajeel as a simile to Steel-Type Pokémon. 'If he's a Dragon Slayer like Natsu, then that must mean he eats iron. Oh thank god I don't have the Iron Plate on me! Otherwise I'd be a buffet to him. I might as well say: "Eat me so that you can rearrange by face!".' Nic stumbled back as the clubs morphed back into arms. 'Maybe if I were to go back to using the Zap Plate again or shift to the Flame Plate, I'll manage to corner him.' He didn't get anymore room to think when Gajeel leaped forward and gave Nic a serious punch, to which he had to use Night Slash to intercept. Nic and Gajeel were even, until Nic was overpowered and stumbled back a step before getting a kick to the chin that send him soaring. He straightened out and landed unharmed. He wiped his chin and grunted.

"Not bad. You're a challenge, that's for sure, but you'll still be as easy to smash as was your precious Guild Hall!" Gajeel said. Nic growled and clenched his fists.

He was starting to get an idea of who Gajeel was. He was a hot-headed and wild ruffian who enjoys bashing other things out of their misery. Nic could see the maniac side of him from within his eyes. Gajeel wouldn't hesitate to rough up a few homes, and the thought of innocent people getting hurt only made Nic grow more feral from what he had been through.

Nic recalled the innocent victims of Freesia and how helpless they were. They were crying, sobbing, and he didn't want to go through seeing that again. The thought of Gajeel doing that made him snap.

"You." Nic growled in a very feral manner. "You won't ever harm another soul here!" This side of Nic was starting to freak Gajeel out.

'What's with this guy? One second, he's calm. The next thing you know, he's a caged demon.' Gajeel thought. It wasn't even a second that Nic landed a Sucker Punch that forced Gajeel back several feet down the street, with Nic holding onto Gajeel by keeping up with the single punch. He thrust once more and Gajeel stepped back, seeing that Nic pushed him back at least forty feet down the street. Gajeel quickly rebound with an Iron Dragon's Club, of which Nic caught with one hand and brushed it aside with little difficulty. His anger was still up there, which kept his strength up, but it wouldn't be long before he cooled down.

"Knock Off!" One of Nic's arms was surrounded in black sparks and he ran up to Gajeel and slammed his fist in a downward motion. Gajeel intercepted by turning his arm into a sword and swatting him away. Nic quickly straightened out in the air and gripped onto a piece of wood as an outward look on a house and swung and was now on top of a roof.

"Try and pierce me while moving!" Nic shouted as he was leaping from roof to roof all the way to the forest just outside of Magnolia.

"Get back here and fight you spineless weakling!" Gajeel yelled. His two legs turned into iron polls and he shot himself upwards. He landed with a loud thud on top of a rooftop and began chasing Nic. Nic looked back and smirked, showing he was intending on Gajeel to follow.

Gajeel wasn't one to chicken out, so he followed anyway. This was Nic's plan; if they can get them into the woods, then they'll be able to cut lose.

"Hah! Fairy Tail has such weak creatures!" Gajeel shouted. "You're nothing compared to Phantom Lord!"

As much as Nic wanted to turn and go back and give Gajeel a beat down, he had to take into account the population. Gajeel had no right to talk trash after what he just did. If anyone was trash, it was him.

Finally, Nic had reached the forest and dropped to the floor and continued to run ahead. Gajeel pressed onwards and followed suit. Eventually, Nic was in sight.

"Payback time! Iron Dragon's Club!"

Nic was caught off guard as he turned to see a long column that morphed from his arm heading into Nic. The head of the column rammed his left calf and he yelped in pain. Nic leaped out of the way and felt his calf surge with weight felt less supported, and he groaned as he leaned against a tree for the support he needed.

"Dear lord!" Nic shouted in surprise. "It's so painful! Why is this a thing?!" He turned his head back and saw that the wound was rather deep and he saw it was a bruise. Nic almost paled at the sight of his bruise taking up the size of his calf and he felt lightheaded.

At least it wasn't blood.

Nic had to shift his weight over to his right leg to apply pressure on his limb.

He then heard heavy footsteps that was from Gajeel up ahead. He was only a few feet in front of him and he smirked.

"Now, where were we?" Gajeel said, cracking his knuckles.

Nic pushed of the tree and turned to face his opponent. He had to avoid using his leg as much as he could.

"I guess I'm on my last legs, literally." Nic said, trying to throw a few puns into the battle. Though this was a serious situation, he couldn't help but be punny. At least that got him focused on Gajeel and not the bruise. His face was less pale and he could feel the pain decreasing already. His calf hurt with every turn and step he made, but had to bare no less.

Gajeel groaned at the dry sense of humor. "Nice try kid. How about I beat some sense into you."

Nic gave a glare at Gajeel and got out another poke ball. Since Nic was in no shape to fight on his own now, he'll have to resort to using one of his pokémon for help.

"Let's go, Charizard!" Nic shouted. Charizard showed up right beside Nic and roared. Charizard looked at his opponent to see Gajeel rather perplexed.

"Hang on, that's not Salamander." Gajeel pointed out. Nic then thought back as to how Natsu was referred to as Salamander. In a way, it would be a mistake to accuse Charizard as Salamander. It would be taken as an insult if not a title.

"Sorry, but you're gonna face Charizard anyway." Nic said. Charizard turned to look down at Nic and saw that his calf was severely bruise. It was almost looking blue! Charizard turned back towards Gajeel and showed a death glare.

"Look pal, this can go two ways." Charizard growled. "Either you turn and run before I fry you, or we melt you on the spot!" He was threatening Gajeel for wounding Nic.

"Bring it lizard!" Gajeel said, smirking as he jumped and tried impaling Charizard with an Iron Dragon's Spear. Charizard didn't move as it intercepted with light blue claws.

"Dragon Claw!" Charizard yelled. He jabbed the spear with his light blue claws that surged with power and the pointed tip of the sword shattered and retracted. Gajeel grunted as his assault was nullified. He then noticed a fast flame incoming from Nic. He shifted into the Flame Plate when he wasn't looking. He unleashed the Flame Burst attack and it made a direct hit on Gajeel.

Then Gajeel found himself being blown away as the fire ball exploded upon impact. He slammed into a tree and before he could ready an attack, Charizard got him with another Dragon Claw. He gagged as the air was knocked out of him and Nic landed a Blaze Kick on his face.

Gajeel fell to the ground and got to a knee, not fully recovered from such a devastating consecutive attack. He inhaled a huge amount of air and clenched his abdomen where Charizard's Dragon Claw was more painful than he could've imagined. This was definitely a challenge for him. He hasn't felt this much pain in such a long time. These two were serious.

"That one was for Jet and Droy!" Nic shouted. "I'm not through with you yet!"

"And I'm just getting warmed up!" Charizard said.

Gajeel got back up and gazed at the two menacing figures. It was clear that they won't fall unless Gajeel falls first, but Nic was being supported by one of Charizard's wings. This could be a close one.

With Erza and the others

Lucy was fast asleep in her warm bed, as to where Gray and Natsu were sleeping with their heads down on the table. Happy was lying comfortably on a nearby cushion, and Erza was lying back on a nearby piece of furniture.

It was quiet and peaceful for them, though they had no idea what was going on. They were all sound asleep and it would take an explosion of sorts to wake them up.

There was loud banging on the door downstairs.

Erza immediately opened her eyes and lunge out of the room to the downstairs door. Lucy was feeling groggy and hesitated to get up. The knocking pressed on and she got out of bed and Gray soon followed.

Natsu yawned and woke up feeling drowsy. Happy did the same and the two made their way down in front of the door.

For a precaution, Erza requiped into her Heart Kreuz Armor with a sword at the ready. Gray was prepared to strike as well, but Lucy backed away, a little scared. Natsu and Happy trudged down the stairs, unaware of the situation.

"We're coming, we're coming." Natsu muttered. Happy was on his head and half asleep. Natsu finally came down the stairs and Erza opened the door.

They were all relieved to see that it was Elfman.

Erza put down her sword and Gray put his guard down.

"Uh, hey Elfman." Lucy said. "What are you doing at my place at this time of night?"

Erza narrowed her eyes. "Yeah, and why were you banging so hastily?"

A frown was on Elfman's face. "There's no time! Jet and Droy have been severely injured!"

Everyone's eyes shot wide open in dread and shock, even Natsu and Happy sprung up from this uprise.

"What?!" Natsu roared. "What happened? Tell me!"

Elfman's face grew grim. "They were attacked by that Gajeel guy. Levy explained everything. She and Greninja dropped them off so Mira can take care of them for now."

Greninja was seen behind Elfman, looking rather grim and serious. "Nic's fighting him as we speak. He told us to get back-up ASAP!"

"Lead the way!" Erza ordered. With no time to waste, everyone ran out of the apartment, regardless of Lucy in her pajamas, and followed Greninja to where Nic was fighting Gajeel.

With Nic and Charizard

Nic barely managed to dodge as a huge sword cleaved through several branches and tore up a few tree trunks. The sword was more menacing with the edges moving like a chainsaw. Slash after slash, Gajeel relentlessly tried piercing Nic, but Nic was able to barely dodge every swipe.

Gajeel was cut off guard with Charizard hovering above him.

"Flamethrower!" Charizard unleashed a huge blast of fire, of which Gajeel jumped back from. He failed to dodge an oncoming Flamethrower from Nic and he fell to the ground with a sliding thud. Charizard lowered its altitude and the two unleashed a double Flamethrower.

Gajeel wasn't going to take this lying down.

"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel quickly conjured up Magic and his mouth spit out a huge turbulence of iron at the duel attack. The result was an explosion of iron and fire everywhere, with neither side taking any damage. When the attacks began to clear out, Gajeel was wide eyed to see Charizard flying in towards him with Nic on his back.

"Flame Charge!" Nic's body was surrounded in fire and he lunged off of Charizard and rammed into Gajeel's gut. Gajeel didn't have time to react as he yelped. Nic back away and Charizard zoomed in afterwards with a harsh Dragon Claw, hurling Gajeel through a couple trees. Nic exhaled and inhaled deeply and Charizard continued to be Nic's support.

For some reason, the two felt uneasy.

'Something isn't right.' Charizard thought.

Suddenly, a long column got Charizard and he gagged as he fell back several feet away.

"Charizard!" Nic shouted. He looked back and saw iron spears heading his way, he ducked and rolled out of the way. If he didn't look in time, he would've been impaled.

A diabolical laughter could be heard from where Gajeel was. It echoed about as Nic and Charizard got their feet under them. They heard twigs and logs snapping as an image of Gajeel came from out of the shadows.

"I'm very impressed with you." Gajeel smirked. "However, you're going to have to do a whole lot more if you wish to take me down!" Nic and Charizard both stepped back in shock. They noticed that Gajeel had changed.

The Iron Dragon Slayer's skin had transformed into iron scales. His entire body was a dark gray that was an armor to him. He looked rather more beastly this way, and not in a good way for the two of them. This has gotten a whole lot harder for them.

Nic gaped his mouth in disbelief. "You've gotta be kidding me." He said. Charizard bared its fangs in the challenge they were given. The odds weren't in their favor unless they could pull a trick off.

"Iron Dragon's Club!" He unleashed his attack and the two managed to dodge. There was a shockwave as the attack passed them, meaning the force was greatly enhanced. Charizard recovered fast enough to unleash a Flamethrower on him, but it proved ineffective. "What?!"

Gajeel chuckled. "Go on. Hit me with all the fire you can muster up. You can burn away these scales even if you tried. This is tougher than your average iron, so good luck trying to penetrate me."

Nic stepped back only to feel his calf hurt, but still pressed on with Flame Charge. He was getting faster because of the Speed increase, but when the attack landed, it didn't even dent him. Gajeel chuckled and simply swatted Nic away. Nic grunted in how much force that one swat had. Gajeel turned to see Charizard use another Dragon Claw. Gajeel blocked with his arms and took the hit just like he did with Nic. His scales were barely scratched and he was unaffected by the attack. He punched Charizard in the face and it send Charizard down to the ground several feet away, right in front of Nic.

"This guy's a tough nut to crack." Charizard muttered while still down. Nic and Charizard slowly got to their feet and gazed at Gajeel. They needed to shift the tide, but they didn't have many options. In their current state, their odds were slim. Charizard's Flamethrower wasn't strong enough, so the odds were that Heat Wave was no better.

It was time to kick it into high gear.

Nic smirked, thinking how fun this might be. Gajeel was off guard by this expression Nic had on his face.

"What are you so glee about?" Gajeel demanded. Charizard looked back and saw Nic smirk. It's been awhile since he had such a smirk. Charizard recognized it all too well. Now Charizard was smirking at Nic.

"Let me guess, we're going to do that?" Charizard asked, as if he'd known the answer all along.

"You know it." Nic said, smiling at his pal. The two then looked back at Gajeel. "Hey, scrapbrain! You're not the only one who can upgrade ya know!"

"What?" Gajeel was confused. He saw that Nic held up his wristband that was on his right wrist. It had a weird stone in it that showed a variety of colors. Nic touched the stone and Charizard's body was glowing a blue light from his abdomen.

"It's been awhile since we've done this!" Charizard said, getting ready for what's to come.

"You bet! Now Charizard, Mega Evolve!" Nic shouted. He held his wrist high as it protruded strings of light that connected with Charizard. Charizard was reacting to the light and his body was now glowing. The changed could be seen. His body shape was morphing. Its body and legs were getting a little more build in them, making him look more physically fit. Spikes were being shown forming on its shoulders. Its claws were heavily sharpen and larger. Its snout was a little bit shorter. It showed two small, fin-lie horns going down his neck. Its wings were being trimmed and divided into large, rounded points and every third joint had a claw-like spike. The sides of its mouth was shown to have fire going out. When it stopped glowing, it was black with a sky blue underside. The wings were blue and the tip of the spikes on its shoulders were lined with sky blue. Its eyes were red and its tail flame and the flames coming out of its mouth were now blue with more intense heat than before.

Mega Charizard roared as it unleashed a shockwave throughout the air upon Mega Evolution. This made Gajeel step back in shock of this transformation. It could feel the heat from where it was standing.

"W-what is that thing?!" Gajeel demanded, stuttering upon looking into its red menacing eyes.

Nic smirked. "Meet Mega Charizard!" Nic shouted. Mega Charizard roared as it proclaimed the shift in the tide.

"Now here's something you don't see every day." Mega Charizard said, glancing back at Nic and looking back at Gajeel. "We have two dragons and a Nic, all in one place." He was right. Now that Mega Charizard was a Dragon Type, that would make Gajeel and Charizard the two "dragons" and Nic, well, "The Nic".

Nic let a small laughter escape him before he felt the bruise taking a toll on him. They had to end this now.

"It's time we finish this!" Nic proclaimed. Gajeel regained his composure and smirk.

"Hah! Whether or not you change doesn't mean you're still gonna win! Iron Dragon's Roar!" He then unleashed a turbulence that went straight for the two of them. Mega Charizard didn't even flinch as it spread its wings out.

"Heat Wave!" Mega Charizard roared as it unleashed large blue flames as it flapped once. The attack was far more tense than an average Heat Wave due to Mega Charizard's intense heat given off. The Iron Dragon's roar and the Heat Wave mad contact, and the result was that the Heat Wave was melting the iron in the turbulence.

"What?!" Gajeel was angry that his roar was being overpowered and Heat Wave soon overpowered him and hit him. He winced in pain as he took the intense blast. He was wrong. He felt his scales becoming hot, and he couldn't do much from that. He simply awaited for the attack to finish, and when he did, he stepped back and saw that Nic had shifted into his Splash Plate form.

"Charizard, Fly!" Nic commanded. Mega Charizard roared and it shot straight up into the air. Gajeel looked to see how fast Mega Charizard was flying up. It was just going up and up, and he had forgotten Nic for a split second.

"Hydro Pump!" Nic made an aquatic mirror and it shot forth a huge volume of water at Gajeel. Gajeel took it and didn't budge. The scales were cooling down for him and he only flinched at such an attack. Those scales were tough to break, but Nic was making progress.

Gajeel jumped and tried running up to Nic with an arm morphed into a sword, but Mega Charizard came shooting down and crashed on him. There was a shockwave flowing about from that crash and Gajeel was lying in the crater for a few seconds. He got back up and grunted at the amount of strength that Mega Charizard wielded. He did an Iron Dragon's Club and Mega Charizard got its arms up and wings for shielding. It took the strong attack and was shoved back a few feet. That attack had some fight in it. Mega Charizard grunted at Gajeel's own power and saw that the column was being retracted.

"Dragon Claw!" The claws on Mega Charizard's hands became surrounded in a light blue, claw-shaped energies. It made it looked as though it had bigger claws. It then jumped and soared straight into Gajeel, slashing at him. Gajeel, once again, blocked by using his arm. Dragon Claw was far stronger than it was earlier, and it made Gajeel flinch and yelp as it felt the scales on his arm being torn up. He stepped back and took a look at his arm. There was a huge claw mark on his scales.

"Damn you lizard!" Gajeel cursed. Mega Charizard gave a warning growl as it flew back to Nic's side. Fortunately for Nic, he didn't have to move around all that much thanks to Mega Charizard. Nic shifted back into his Flame Plate Form and the two launched a combo attack again.

"Flamethrower!" Mega Charizard roared, unleashing blue flames.

"Inferno!" Nic shouted, releasing a devastating blue flame from his mouth. The two intense attacks combined into an almighty blazing blast that Gajeel's Iron Dragon Roar was clearly no match for. The blazing attack melted through the assault that Gajeel threw and he got scorched by the attack. This was still considered normal fire to Gajeel, unlike Natsu's fire. However, this flame was far more intense than he would have imagine. He felt his scales beginning to burn and he clenched his fists and screamed in place. As the attack finished, he got to a knee and was breathing heavily.

"Give up yet?" Nic shouted, transforming into his Splash Plate Form. Gajeel looked up and he was infuriated.

"You'll pay for that." He growled.

"We'll see about that! Water Pulse!" Nic's palms then created a sphere of water and threw it at Gajeel's abdomen. Gajeel only budged a little and saw that the scales on his body were starting to feel uncomfortable.

He looked to see that his abdomen was beginning to crack, and the rest of his scales were looking either contracted or expanded. This somewhat restrained some movement, slowing him down.

"Curse you! Iron Dragon's Spear!" Gajeel shouted. He got up and tried and to pierce Nic, but he leaned to his left and he shifted back to his Flame Plate Form. He then began charging towards the Phantom Lord Mage, despite the leg wound he had to endure.

"Mega Charizard!" Nic shouted. Mega Charizard then roared and flew into Gajeel with a Dragon Claw. Gajeel was still retracting his spear arm when Mega Charizard swiped at his abdomen, making him fall back. Gajeel jumped back to his feet and saw that Mega Charizard was already a safe distance away from Gajeel.

'He's fast-!' Gajeel saw that his abdomen was severely cracked and saw that the scales were starting to chip off. "No!" He then looked to see that Nic was still charging at him.

"Okay you swine! Time to put you out of your misery!" Nic shouted. The flames on Nic's coat were starting to light up in a light blue, signifying an enormous heat signature surging about. Gajeel was trying to ready himself by preparing an Iron Dragon's Roar, but his scales were restraining his movements, making him flinch as a few scales chipped here and there.

Nic was now a few feet in front of Gajeel's abdomen, and he let him have it. "We've had it with you! Legendary Arts: Blue Flare!" Nic opened his mouth and a monstrous stream of light blue flames shot forth. Gajeel howled in agony as the almost point blank attack made contact. His Iron Dragon Scales shattered into pieces and the Phantom Lord Mage was shot backwards, still being bombarded with the gushing ocean of light blue flames.

With Greninja and the others

The others were at the sight where Nic had first fought Gajeel. They were clearly here, they could tell. They saw some shattered pavement from before, a few stands smashed, and they saw a flower stand destroyed.

"Natsu, can you track them?" Erza asked.

"Yeah, I'll try." With Natsu's enhance nose, he could pick up on Nic's scent in no time. However, before they could begin, they heard a tremendous explosion from afar. They felt the ground shake up and Natsu fell forward with a thud. He got back up and everyone saw a huge inferno of blue fire and smoke in the distance.

"What the heck is that?" Lucy asked. They all were seeing the inferno slowly diminish and the smoke was clearing out. They were all getting their guards up for this one.

Greninja raised a brow, knowing what went down.

"That would be Nic's handy work." Greninja said casually. Everyone turned and looked at Greninja in shock.

"That was Nic?!" Gray exclaimed.

"He caused damage like a real man!" Elfman exclaimed.

Erza was getting worried about Nic. He was facing a Dragon Slayer, and an S-Class Mage from Phantom Lord. "Let's hurry!" She ordered. Everyone then followed her, but Greninja zoomed ahead due to such amazing speed it had. They were all closing in on the site where Nic was.

With Nic and Mega Charizard

The dust and smoke cleared, revealing a straight line of nothing. An endless trail was shaped from the attack, with trees being either incinerated or destroyed. The trail ran a good few hundred meters until it was out of sight. The odds were that Gajeel was pretty much out for the count.

Gajeel was several hundred meters away, lying on the ground after being burned and smashed through several rows of trees. He opened his eyes and he turned his body upwards, barely able to stand up. With what strength he could muster up, he made a hasty retreat back to Phantom Lord, batted and wounded to a painful degree.

He turned back and looked back into the direction that Nic and Mega Charizard were from, he took a good glance back, unable to see with the distance between them, and turned back.

"This isn't over." He muttered before coughing and gagging, and fled into the forest shadows.

Nic and Mega Charizard were back where they obliterated Gajeel from the scene. Nic's mouth was letting out some hot steam after that last attack. He kept his mouth gapped open as the steam dispersed and he went to a nearby tree to support his weight. He sure felt lightheaded from that attack he pulled off. He belched up some fire and sighed, relieved that it was over…for now.

Mega Charizard walked over towards Nic. Both were breathing heavily from exhaustion. That fight had put them through their paces. Charizard got to a knee and grunted.

Nic looked over at his pal and sighed. "You too, huh?" Nic asked rhetorically, yet drained.

Mega Charizard huffed and puffed a little and turned towards Nic, letting out a slight chuckle. "That guy roughed us up good." Mega Charizard said with a smile.

"Yeah, but we whooped his sorry behind, didn't we?" Nic said with a smile. The two share a small laugh, looking at each other's wounds. All Mega Charizard had were a few bumps and scratches compared to Nic's large bruise on his calf, but he was roughed up in a few places as well. "Regardless, you did great pal."

"Thanks." Mega Charizard said, he then was encased in an array of colors and he reverted back to himself. "You didn't do so bad yourself there pal. We managed to go that extra mile."

Nic nodded and they heard some people approaching from behind. The two turned around, ready to spit fire the first chance they get. They then saw a few familiar figures run up towards them. It was Greninja and the others. The two gave a sigh of relief that they were in the clear. Everyone ran up to Nic and Charizard and stopped in front of them.

They all gasped at the damage the two had taken. They saw all of the bumps and scratches they have accumulated from their little scuffle. Erza walked towards Nic and looked at him.

"Nic, are you alright?" Erza asked. Nic nodded and grunted from his wound. He reverted back to himself and Erza looked at his calf injury in shock. "You're hurt."

"Tell me something I don't know." He muttered in pain. Erza and Gray then went over and gave Nic support to keep him up.

Greninja went by Charizard's side and looked at his injuries as well. Greninja and Charizard both gave mutual looks at one another, obviously understanding how the other feels. Since Charizard was Nic's second pokémon, Greninja and Charizard could read each other just as easily as they could read Nic.

"Don't tell me, you did that." Greninja said.

Charizard looked ahead at the damage they cause. "Yeah. That guy had what was coming to him." Greninja saw the trail ahead and whistled in shock.

"Dang. You two had some fire power!"

Natsu and Elfman then went up towards Nic and asked him what happened. Nic responded, saying that he and Charizard scared him off. The odds were that that wasn't the last of him.

Natsu cracked his knuckles in anticipation. "Those Phantom jerks are going to get what's coming to them!"

"Enough Natsu. Charizard and I defeated Gajeel and he's long gone by now." Nic said, much to the latter's shock.

"You did what?! You got to trash Gajeel, but I didn't?! That's no fair!" Natsu complained. Nic just ignored him and returned Charizard and Greninja for some well-deserved rest. Nic then explained everything about how the battle went as he was assisted on the way back to Magnolia.

Later that night, in Phantom Lord…

Gajeel had returned, battered and beaten to a pulp, much to the guild's surprise. They all got up from their seats and looked on in shock at Gajeel limping back in.

Jose Porla looked down at the beaten and roughed up form of Gajeel. He was surprised by what had become of him. The biggest threat of Phantom Lord, crushed and beaten. He was even more shocked to hear what Gajeel had reported. A young mysterious man with sunglasses on his V-neck was able to defeat one of his most powerful mages in combat. The Iron Dragon Slayer was defeated by an unknown person that Jose wasn't aware of, and here he thought he knew all of the strongest people in Fairy Tail.

"Are you sure that it wasn't any of Makarov's S-Class Mages, like Laxus?" Jose asked.

Gajeel shook his head. "No sir. He had sunglasses and he had his own set of monsters helping him. A frog and a fire breathing dragon that can transform as can he." He informed.

Jose pondered on what he had said for awhile. Makarov's grandson didn't possess those abilities. It was also not Mystogan since he never showed his face. Also, it couldn't possibly be the almighty Gildarts since he was away as well. Who was this mystery?

The Guild Master smirked and chuckled. "Well, this is interesting indeed. Makarov may have been hiding something from us. The odds are that he won't let this incident slide. Two of his guild members are injured. They should be here sometime to get back at us probably. You might as well rest up for when that happens; in the meantime, have Sol and Miss Juvia go and fetch little Miss Heartfilia."

The Iron Dragon Slayer nodded and left the room.

Jose stood there. 'What is this young warrior that Makarov has been hiding? I'm anxious to see what he can do. Makarov may have his own surprises, but I have a few tricks of my own. Be ready Makarov, it's time you learn who the top guild really is!'

Another chapter done. If you think about it, this was rather slow. It covered up a fight scene though, and I thought it was pretty cool. It's been awhile since I've updated this story, so consider this chapter a tasteful and epic treat.

Alpha Dragonis: Now you see why the title is called what it is? It wasn't until after I released the previous chapter that I thought of another and better title, but I just stuck with this one.

Somebody wanted a Mega Evolution, and now they got one. What did you think of Mega Charizard X?

Hope you guys enjoyed the killer fight I had going through this chapter. I wanna ask you guys something: I'm thinking of other possible ways that the Jupiter Canon could be stopped other than Erza, but I haven't found much luck. Let me know how it should go, I'm open to an ideas.

I plan to have one more fight before the big battle rages, so be ready for another fight scene ahead of you.

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