During the Grand Magic Games, Natsu and Gajeel had to fight Sting and Rogue. Because of a certain act Natsu pulled, Gajeel was "put out of commission" for the majority of the fight, leaving Natsu to take on the two third generation dragonslayers on his own. I tough it would be a good idea for Natsu to fight them again, my reasons being A: Rogue and Sting needed to display their power, and B: this way Natsu can try out his new move.

Chapter 15- Sukai Karyu no Hoko, Squad Wendy's First Mission

"I won't hold back," Natsu says, engulfing his body in his red dragonslayer flames. "It'll be just like old times, just more people watching." "That's where you're wrong, Natsu. This time, you're going down!" Sting retorts, creating a spear of light in his hand. Raising it, he charges forward. Natsu laughs. "What's with the big tooth pick? I haven't even eaten yet."

Using all of his strength, Sting launches the spear, watching as it soars straight at its target. Using one hand, Natsu swats it aside, chuckling. "C'mon, Sting! I've swatted flies moving faster than that!" Sting growls, cracking his knuckles. "Alright, try this!" he says, pulling a longbow from behind his back. "This isn't your average bow. This bow is infused with my own magic, the magic of a light dragonslayer!" As if to prove his point, a quiver of arrows appears on his back, both quiver and arrows being comprised entirely of magic. "I don't use normal arrows either. This bow fires super-concentrated bolts of my own magic." He knocks an arrow, firing it into the ground a few yards away..

The ground explodes, leaving a crater about a foot in depth. Natsu's grin grows even wider. "If you think you can hurt me with something like that, go ahead." He says, walking forward. "Your funeral,: Sting replies, knocking three arrows at once. Releasing them, he steps to the side to let Rogue run by. All three arrows strike Natsu, embedding themselves deep within the fire mage's body, one in each arm and the third through his heart. Following the arrow, Rogue's hand, covered in shadows, pierces Natsu's stomach.

A shocked silence follows, spectators looking on in horror at the pincushion of a fire dragonslayer on the field. "Naaatsuuu!" Sakura and Naruto scream in disbelief. Slowly, Natsu turns his head to look at them. "You fell for it," he says with a wink. Sting looks up to see Natsu grab Rogue's arm. Before Sting or Rogue can move, Natsu explodes.

Both third generation dragonslayers fly back, Rogue through the air and Sting head over heels on the ground. Natsu laughs, seeing his fellow dragonslayers thrown on their butts. "If only you guys could have seen your faces!" he says, doubling over in his laughter as Sting picks himself up. "That was a cheap trick, douchebag. Using a fire clone. How about we get serious?"

Natsu stops laughing, content to let a huge grin cover his face. "If that's really what you want, I guess it'd be messed up not to give it to you." Back in the stands, Wendy moves to Haruto and Sakura. "Watch closely. You're about to see what a battle between dragonslayers really looks like." "Who do you think will win?" Sakura asks. THe sky maiden smiles. "Natsu, of course. He beat both of them single handedly before, and he's much stronger now. Besides, fire clones aren't the only card he has up his sleeve, now."

"Let's do this, Rogue!" Sting says. THe shadow dragonslayer nods, becoming his own shadow. Sting steps back, standing on Rogue like a surf board. As one, both dragonslayers attack Natsu, Rogue controlling the motion and Sting hsing his light to deal physical bs, each of which Natsu easily dodges. "Two on one, how's that fair at all?" "You told your student you didn't need any help!" Sting retorts. Natsu chuckles. "I didn't mean fair for me," he says. Dodging one last punch, he jumps back, creating two more fire clones.

Rogue changes back to his original form as the two deal with the fire clon. Natsu looks back to the stands, more specifically at Wendy, reading her body, waiting for her signal. She nods. Grinning, Natsu releases the fire clones. Seeing Sting breathing heard, he shakes his head. "Those arrows and the light spear you made, drained you of a lot of energy. You guys aren't like Gray. He's an ice-make wizard, so he's used to making his magic into something hard. It takes more energy than it's worth for you to try to copy him. You must be exhausted. If you're tired, we can take a break." "Not on your life!" Sting yells, charging the fire mage. Seeing his chance, with Rogue and ing only centimeters away, Natsu yells two words. "Dragon Force!"

Instantly, the three are engulfed in flames as Natsu's power is unleashed. Rogue and Sting once again fly back, this time landing on their feet. "You think you're the only one with dragonforce?" Sting says, his own body covering itself with light scales, while Rogue's body re enforces itself with scales of darkness. "Think again,"Rogue says, charging Natsu again. THe pink haired mage dodges, grabbing Rogue by the arm and turning around, crushing Sting with the shadow dragonslayer's body.

Growling, Rogue swings himself around, bringing Natsu to the ground with a kick to the face. Taking advantage of their downed foe, Sting and Rogue jump back, "Light dror!""Shadow Dragon roar!" the two yell, blasting Natsu with a unison raid of light and shadow dragonslayer magic. Natsu sidesteps, dodging the magic onslaught by a hair's breadth. "Jeez!" the fire mage eclaims, looking at the two mages in front of him in shock. "That was way too close. If I don't start moving faster, I'm toast!"

"Is that all you got, Natsu? Turning tail and running? What happened to all that fire before?" Sting mocks. "If you're just gonna be a chicken, we might as well finish this early. C'mon Rogue. Let's get this over with. Shadow dragon mode!" "Light dragon mode." Rogue says, copying Sting's lead. "Don't leave me out! Lightning dragon mode!" Natsu says. "Now things are getting fun!" He exclaims, rushing the two and marking the beginning of the true battle. "Man," Naruto says, even his own highly trained eyes only barely able to keep up with the movements of the sparring dragonslayers. "They're so fast, it's hard to keep track of them," Sakura replies, watching intently. "You haven't seen anything yet. Natsu's just about ready to try it." Both ninja glance at Wendy. "You'll see," she says, answering their unasked question.

"I'm warning you, guys. You might wanna stop while you can. If I take this further and lose control, I don't know if you'll survive." "Whatever, Sting says, sliding another kick up to Natsu's shoulder, spinning to bring his other foot up to the same target. Natsu twists, allowing Sting to kick him in the back instead of the shoulder. "If you say so. In a way, I guess you guys are lucky. You're the first ones to witness my new ability." "New ability? What are you talking about?" Rogue asks, blocking a punch to his waist and retaliating with a kick to Natsu's. The fire mage creates a fire clone, detonating it on the spot, launching them all away from each other. Grinning, he speaks, unsealing his new magic. "Sky dragon mode!"

The effect is instant. For starters, his hair usually pink hair changes to a deep blue as the lightning around his body is replaced by flames the same shade as his hair. Where his eyes had once been completely black, they now appear as the same soft brown as Wendy's.

"Sky dragon mode? When the hell did you..." Sting begins, cut off as Natsu disappears, reappearing in front of him, punching the light dragonslayer in the stomach. Sting doubles over, gasping for breath.

"Sting!" Rogue yells, rushing to his friends aide. "Alright, Natsu. That's enough." Tsunade says, appearing between the fire mage and the other two dragonslayers. "Yes, Lady Tsunade." Natsu releases his skydragon mode, changing back into his original form. "I hope that this gave you enough data to work with." "Yes, Natsu, thank you very much. You did great. All of you did great." Natsu walks around her, holding out his hand. "Need some help?" Greatfully, Sting reaches out, using Natsu to pull himself up. "Thanks. That hurt like hell." He laughs, shaking his head. "And I thought we would finally be able to beat you." "Keep working at it."

As everyone leaves, Natsu joins the rest of his group. "Hey, guys. What's up?" "I don't know. Tsunade said she wanted to see us." "That's right," the hokage says, walking up to them. "Hello. I know you're tired, Natsu, but I have a favor to ask." Nasu nods. "What is it?""I have a mission for you. There was a murder in a village to the north. Apparently, this murder was by members of the chaos village. I want you all to find them, and capture the."

Again, Natsu nods. "Is that all" Natsu asks. She nods. "This is your first mission from the Leaf. Wendy, I'm putting you in charge of this one. Any questions?" None were asks. "Alright then. Natsu, Wendy,take these," she orders, handing each oa leaf headband. "These will act as a sort of proof that you're part of or village, and that you have the protection of the Leaf, should anything go awry."

Natsu and Wendy bow, accepting her gift. "You will set out tomorrow, as members of our village. Please remember only to find and capture the criminals. There is no need for anything beyond that unless they decide to fight back. The village the crime took place in will take about two days to get there, flying by Exceed. Stay safe, and good luck."