Hey everyone! Long time no see! it's Random Rambles bringing you another chapter of The Sky King! I am so sorry about the wait you guys. Life has just made it really difficult to write lately, with final exams, drama amongst my friendship group and work, it just gave me very little time to write, and when I could find time, I just didn't feel motivated to write. But now that I am approaching the end of my exams, I am going to try and phase back in to writing. Don't expect too many updates from me, but I will try to update a couple of my stories.
But anyway, enough of me rambling, lets get on with the story!

Chapter 4

"Well, that was a job well done" Natsu said as the team of wizards arrived back in Hargeon.

"Even though we never actually took the job and are all gonna be in the shit with gramps when we get back" Gray retorted.

"Shut up Gray" Natsu said simply as he crossed his arms behind his head

"I just hope he doesn't use that" Sora said as the 3 wizards all shuddered at the thought.

"What's that?" Lucy asked.

"Trust me" Natsu said "You don't wanna know"

Lucy remained quiet after that as the group of them walked towards the station.

Reluctantly I might add.

"Do we have to use the train?" Natsu asked

"Yeah we do gale-brain" Gray retorted "Unlike you none of us can fly, so we have to use conventional methods of transportation"

Natsu was about to retort to Gray's snide comment when a familiar smell his nose. Natsu sighed in his mind before turning to the group

"Sorry guys, I just remember Happy and I have a couple of errands to run, we'll catch up with you guys later!" Natsu called as he and Happy took off in the opposite direction.

"What was that about?" Lucy questioned

"I dunno" Sora said, "It's probably nothing, so we should just get going back to Magnolia, no point in putting this off"

And so the group boarded the train to Magnolia, with Sora immediately falling Motion sick as the train started moving.

The journey to Magnolia didn't take very long, though that didn't stop Sora complaining about the train, but when the group got off the train, Magnolia seemed so…

Quiet.

"Something's not right" Sora said to herself "The town's usually busier than this"

Despite the suspicious welcome the group carried on towards the guildhall, but as they walked they could hear the whispers of the townspeople, all of it about them.

"Their Fairy Tail mages?"

"Do they not know?"

It wasn't until the group saw the guildhall did they understand the whispers.

The guild had been destroyed.

Huge iron pillars stuck out from the ruins of the guildhall.

"What the hell?" Lucy whispered "Who would do such a thing?"

"It was Phantom Lord" A voice said from behind them, the 3 wizards turned around to see Mirajane stood behind them, a solemn look on her face as she clutched a tray close to her chest.

"Phantom!" Sora and Gray said in unison, with the magma dragonslayer clenching her fist as she did so.

"They attacked us last night" Mira stated

"Who are Phantom Lord?" Lucy asked, still unsure about what was going on.

"Phantom Lord was another guild that used to be the biggest in Fiore, of course ever since that position was given to Fairy Tail they've been nothing but bitter, and they've tried other shit in the past, but nothing this… open" Mira explained.

"Their a bunch of fucking cowards" Sora mumbled, her anger beginning to boil "No one was hurt were they?"

"No, they didn't attack until everyone had left" Mira said, hoping to calm down the dragonslayer before she melted Magnolia.

"I'm gonna kill them all" Sora stated, turning to go.

"Stop child" Came the voice of Master Makerov "This is exactly the response Phantom Lord wants from us, and if they don't have the guts to attack us head on, then we won't even give them the time of day"

"But master!" Sora protested "They attacked us!"

"You are not to do anything. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!" Makerov demanded his voice becoming much louder and intimidating at the end of his sentence.

"Fine" Sora said, unclenching her fists "But you know we need to get this cleared before Natsu gets back, otherwise there won't be anything left of Phantom Lord to clean up"

The magma dragon then walked off, mumbling to herself about needing to cool down, while Lucy and Gray headed down into the guildhalls basement, where the rest of the guild was based.

"Master" Lucy began

"Yes child?" He responded

"What is going to happen about Phantom? I mean, we were attacked after all."

"All Phantom did was punch a few holes in a building that needed renovation anyway, so we won't have anything to do with these cowards trying to provoke us"

The rest of the day went by somewhat normally, as normal as one might expect from a guild that had been relocated to its basement after its guildhall had been wrecked by several iron pillars shoved through it at weird angles.

So yeah, just another normal day for Fairy Tail.

That night Lucy was walking home with Sora and Erza, as everyone had to stay in groups, so the two female wizards would be staying at Lucy's tonight, or at least until the threat of Phantom Lord attacking had passed.

"Remind me why I need the two strongest female wizards sleeping over at my house again?" Lucy asked as they arrived at her apartment.

You know, it's not like I just explained it or anything.

"We want to make sure that your alright" Erza said "Since your not as physically capable like myself or Sora it's too much of a risk for you to be by yourself"

"So basically I'm too weak..." Lucy mumbled to herself

"That's not it" Sora said "Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, and yeah you might not be a physical powerhouse like myself, you have your own personal strengths, it's just that in times like these it helps to have a powerhouse nearby at all times" She explained.

"I guess you have a point" Lucy said "But it still doesn't make any sense why Phantom Lord would attack our guild like this"

"While their motivations are unclear, Master has made it extremely clear that we are not to engage Phantom Lord at all costs, so there's not much point dwelling over it"

"Okay" Lucy mumbled, before she got an idea and looked over at Sora, who had changed into her usual pajamas "Hey Sora?" She asked

"Yeah?" Sora responded, looking over at Lucy

"What was your dragon like?" Lucy asked "Your a dragonslayer like Natsu, and he's told me before about his dragon, but you've never mentioned yours, so I was wondering what he or she was like"

Sora didn't answer for a minute, as she stared out of the window, before taking a deep breath and looked towards Lucy.

"I didn't have a dragon" Sora stated

"But… Then how did you learn dragon slayer magic? I thought you could only be taught it by dragons?" Lucy questioned.

"I…" Sora paused again

Memories flashed through Sora's mind, some pleasant, others not so much.

"It's not a nice story" Sora stated "But I guess I can tell you"

She took a deep breath as she collected her thoughts

"Years ago, when I was a little girl my father was an archeologist, he loved to go digging through ancient tombs looking for anything and everything, but he always had this obsession with anything related to dragons, he would go running around the world at the mere mention of dragons. And every time he would drag me along with him"

She looked out the window and at the full moon, her mind casting itself back to that time.

"This one time he got a tip that someone had spotted a dragon at the peak of a mountain near to our home, and I barely had time to get dressed before he rushed me out of and the house and was dragging me up the mountain. Once we got to the top we found that, surprise surprise, there was no dragon. He blamed me for that, saying that because of me we didn't get to the peak fast enough. That was when he turned… violent"

"What did he do?" Lucy asked, unsure if she really wanted to know the answer.

"He hit me" Sora said, clenching her fists "He hit me and I was powerless to stop him, I ended up falling down the mountain after he hit me in the face, I only fell a little way, but I landed on a patch of Lacrima that had been growing on the mountain, one of the crystals stabbed me right through the chest" She paused, showing Lucy a scar on her chest.

"This doesn't explain how you learned dragon slayer magic" Lucy said

"Well it turns out that these crystals, had been growing inside the mountain for over 400 years, and there had been a dragon in the mountain, but the dragon had died and his magic had spilled into the crystals, this was what had made them grow for all that time, so when I landed on it my body absorbed the Lacrima into me along with the residual magic energy, it transformed my body and from then on I was able to use dragon slayer magic"

"So you became a dragon slayer by accident?"

"Yeah I guess you could look at it that way, after absorbing the Lacrima it healed my body and I ran away, away from my father and his dragon hunting, because if he knew that my body had absorbed the dragon lacrima, he would have killed me for it" Sora finished

"Didn't you have any family you could go to?" Lucy asked and Sora just shook her head.

"I was an only child and my mother had passed away shortly after I was born, so all I had was my father, that was until I found Natsu" Sora smiled a little as she thought about the sky dragon slayer, while Erza just scoffed at the mention of his name.

"That reminds me Erza" Lucy said, looking over at the redhead "I've been meaning to ask, but why do you dislike Natsu so much?" She asked

Erza said nothing, she just stood up and walked out of the room.

"Erza?" Lucy questioned

"Natsu is a touchy subject for Erza, she doesn't like talking about him" Sora explained to the confused celestial mage.

"Well I figured that, but why?"

"She's never explained it to anyone except for Natsu himself, and he refuses to talk about it"

"That doesn't make any sense" Lucy mumbled

"Your right about that" Sora replied before the two of them eventually fell asleep, with Lucy still wondering about why Natsu and Erza hated each other.

The next day

The two of them were awoken by the sounds of warning bells ringing throughout the city, and they quickly looked out of the window to see a large crowd gathering at the tree in the centre of Magnolia.

They quickly went and got dressed before rushing down to figure out what the commotion was all about. And what they saw, was horrifying.

All of team Shadow Gear had been beaten unconscious and bolted to the tree, but the biggest mark of all wasn't a bruise or a cut.

No.

It was the Phantom Lord guild symbol painted onto Levy's stomach.

"Levy!" Lucy cried out as she ran to her friend, while Sora stood in disbelief.

Phantom Lord had attacked again, not satisfied by the lack of response they had gotten from simply attacking the guild hall, this time they had gone after some of their family.

Needless to say, Fairy Tail was pissed.

Then Sora's eyes widened.

"We need to get them to the hospital ASAP" She said, now of course they needed to go to the hospital anyway, but Sora knew that if they didn't get moved before Natsu-

Her thoughts were interrupted as a gust of wind severed the iron binding them to the tree and lowered them down to the ground.

Shit!

Sora looked back to see Natsu stood there, a look of pure rage on his face.

Pure

Unadulterated

Rage

"Who did this?" The dragon slayer asked his eyes never leaving the unconscious forms of his comrades.

"It was Phantom Lord" Makerov said, his own expression matching Natsu's as he clutched his wooden staff so hard that it shattered into thousands of tiny splinters.

"I'm going to slaughter them all" Natsu said darkly as he turned.

"No" Makerov said firmly. "We're going to slaughter them" He corrected.

"If it's a war Phantom wants, then it's a war it shall get! I could tolerate them attacking the guild hall, but I will not standby and watch as they harm my children!"

He then turned to the gathered wizards

"Everyone, today we march to Phantom Lord, for they thought that they could get away with harming our family, and we're going to show them what happens when they harm one of us!"

Makerov was met with a cheer as the vast majority of the wizards from Fairy Tail joined with him, with a few of the older wizards, and those not good in combat like Lucy, stayed behind to hold down the fort and look after Shadow gear.

At the Phantom Lord branch building

The wizards of Phantom Lord were all relaxing and celebrating, knowing that their plan against Fairy Tail was working and that soon they'd be able to achieve what they wanted.

And then the door exploded.

The mass of wizards were blown back as the door was thrown off it's hinges by gale force winds, revealing Fairy Tail stood at the doorway, with Natsu at the front.

"FAIRY TAIL HAS COME CALLING!" Makerov shouted, as the wizards of Fairy Tail all charged.

Natsu stepped forward, the winds whipping violently around him as he threw Phantom Lord wizards around left and right, he was looking for one wizard in particular.

"BLACK STEEL GAJEEL!" He shouted "Come out and fight me!"

Above Natsu a figure covered in metal piercings and with long black hair was hanging upside down, observing the fight.

"So the sky king wants to fight me huh?" He said to himself "Alright, I'll indulge him" And with that he dropped down to the ground in front of Natsu

"There you are" Natsu said as he cracked his knuckles before charging at Gajeel, the iron dragon slayer.

Meanwhile in Magnolia

Lucy sighed to herself as she walked through the streets, the rest of the guild barring herself and a couple of the older members had gone off to fight, but Lucy had stayed behind to keep watch over Levy, although now she was out getting some fresh air.

"Is it really worth going to war?" She asked herself "Whatever is it that Phantom Lord wants, did they really have to go to war to achieve it?"

It was a question that had been bothering her ever since she'd seen the wrecked up guild hall.

Why did Phantom Lord want war with Fairy Tail?

But there wasn't really a way to find out the answer, as everyone had gone charging off to go to battle, and no one would be willing to ask any questions of their opponents.

Lucy shuddered as she remembered the look that she had scene on Natsu's face when they had discovered Shadow Gear pinned to the tree.

It was terrifying.

Lucy was just glad that that rage she had seen wasn't directed at her.

Lucy sighed to herself, before turning around and walking back towards the hospital

But that was when everything suddenly went black.

Back at Phantom Lord

Natsu and Gajeel were matched blow for blow as the two dragon slayers duked it out, Natsu was running on pure rage and this kept Gajeel on the defensive, however Gajeel still managed to find small openings to attack the Sky Dragon Slayer.

"Your gonna pay for harming my family Gajeel" Natsu stated as the winds whipped around him.

"And who's gonna make me?" Gajeel retorted, his right arm having transformed into a club made of iron.

The two didn't exchange any more words before clashing once again, their attacks sending shockwaves throughout the ruins that had become the branch building.

The other Fairy Tail wizards were having somewhat better luck, as they were just cleaning up the waves of unnamed and unimportant wizards from Phantom Lord, sweeping aside cluster after cluster of grunts.

Makerov had gone ahead to track down Jose, the leader of Phantom Lord, as the master was pissed.

But that was what Jose had wanted.

Makerov stormed up to the office where Jose was waiting, and had made the first move, only to realise that what he saw was a mere thought projection, and because of his shock he didn't notice the figure with bandages over his eyes sneaking up behind him.

In the words of a famous admiral...

IT'S A TRAP!

Before anyone could even blink Makerov had somehow been drained of his magic energy and cast back down to the lower floors of the building, where quick thinking from Erza and Sora managed to save him from being killed by the fall.

"Master…" Sora whispered

"WE NEED TO RETREAT!" Erza shouted out to all of her comrades, most of whom had seen the master falling. "EVERYONE, FALL BACK NOW!"

Natsu looked over to see what had happened, he was horrified to see Sora carrying the unconscious master in her arms, but when he turned back to Gajeel the iron dragon slayer had vanished.

Natsu reluctantly turned to follow on the rest of his guild when a whisper caught his attention.

"Miss Heartfilia has been captured"

He instantly turned his gaze the goon he heard say this and in a gust of wind, grabbed hold of him and dragged him outside, not caring that the rest of Fairy Tail had gone on without him, barring Happy of course.

"Tell me what you know about Lucy!" Natsu demanded as he held the man by the collar of his shirt, his fist clenched and ready to strike.

"I don't know anything!" The guard stuttered, but a single look from Natsu quickly made the man change his mind

"Okay Okay!" He stammered "I'll tell you just don't hurt me!"

"He won't hurt you if you tell us what we want to know" Happy said to the goon, acting as the good cop in this interrogation to Natsu's bad cop.

"While you guys were all here, two of our wizards were sent out to capture Miss Heartfilia and take her back to headquarters, that's all I know I swear!"

"Where is your headquarters?" Natsu asked, still staring the man in the eyes.

The goon quickly stammered out the way to Phantom Lord's headquarters before passing out from the fear, after which Natsu and Happy quickly set off to rescue Lucy.

Lucy slowly opened her eyes to find herself in a stone room, reminiscent of a dungeon.

Apart from the fact that she was several stories up in the air as opposed to underground.

"Where am I?" She asked out loud.

"Ah I see our guest has awoken" A voice said, causing Lucy to recoil in horror as she turned around to see Jose, the master of Phantom Lord stood nearby, creepily watching her.

"Where am I?" Lucy asked again

"Why your at Phantom Lord" Jose said simply "As our guest"

"I doubt that" Lucy retorted "You don't kidnap guests"

"You do when your paid to" Jose responded simply.

"What the hell do you mean?" Lucy asked.

"Oh don't tell me you don't have any idea?" Jose said sarcastically "Who do you think would pay us to kidnap a member of the wealthy Heartfilia clan?"

Lucy just stared at Jose, unsure of where he was going

Jose paused for dramatic effect, as if hoping that Lucy would guess.

"Why, another member of the heartfilia clan of course!" He exclaimed, throwing his hands to the side in a dramatic gesture.

"No…" Lucy mumbled, unable to believe what the crazy wizard was saying "Your wrong"

"Am I?" Jose questioned. "Tell me Miss Lucy, why would I lie about my client? All I'm doing is trying to reunite a loving father with his missing daughter, and as a bonus to this job offer I get to crush Fairy Tail underneath my boot"

"Your lying…" Lucy murmured "You have to be lying…"

"Miss Lucy" Jose began "You and I both know that what I'm saying is the truth, let's not delude ourselves shall we?" He asked in that creepy voice of his.

"Why?" Lucy asked "Why would my father hire some scum like you to get me back?" She demanded to know, not even attempting to hide her disdain for Jose.

"To be honest Miss Lucy, I don't give a fuck" Jose stated "Your father is going to pay good money for you, I'll ensure that, he will continue to pay us until we bleed him of every last Jewel in his name!" Jose exclaimed, making Luy recoil

"And then" Jose's voice had somehow become even more sinister "Once he can't pay anymore, I'll sell you off to the highest bidder. I'm sure there will be many who will pay a handsome price for an innocent and… pure heiress such as you" As he said this, Jose's eyes roamed over Lucy's body, taking in every curve and inch of exposed skin.

It made Lucy want to vomit

"If you honestly think that is going to happen, then your more deluded than I thought" Lucy said, glaring up at Jose. "Fairy Tail won't let that happen!"

"Fairy Tail!" Jose chortled "You think they can stop me! They'll be too busy trying to fix up their broken master to worry about you. This time Miss Lucy, there will be no knight in shining armour to rescue you"

Lucy didn't know what to say to this, she didn't want to believe him, but, if no one had come for her by now, would they ever?

Lucy…

Lucy blinked, she was sure that she had heard someone say her name, but it was only her and Jose in the room, and Jose was laughing.

Lucy…

There it was again! A voice, barely a whisper but there. Almost like-

Lucy laughed, causing Jose to stop and stare at her quizzically

"What an earth are you laughing at?" He demanded

Lucy smiled

"Your right Jose, there won't be a knight in shining armour, but I won't need a knight to save me" She paused as she could feel it, building up around her.

The wind.

"Because who needs a knight when you have a dragon?" she grinned as a massive blast of air hit the tower, knocking Jose off his feet and carrying Lucy out of the window, before gently lowering her to the ground.

"Are you alright, Lucy?" Natsu asked as he caught his friend.

"Yeah, I am now" Lucy responded as she smiled up at the dragon slayer.

"Let's get out of here" Natsu said as the two of them left and headed back to Fairy Tail.

Of course things were not over for Fairy Tail, Jose would not stop, they knew this. Now it was time to prepare.

Back in Magnolia Fairy Tail was readying themselves for war, assigning mages to defend Magnolia and selecting teams to raid Phantom's headquarters, Cana was working on trying to contact mages who were away on requests to try and return home, with little luck.

Most couldn't be reached, like Mystogan or Max, others were unable to return in time like Warren, and some…

Well…

"Dammit Laxus!" Cana exclaimed into the Lacrima "This is serious! We need you!"

"And I already told you my conditions" Laxus responded, his smirk taking up most of the Lacrima showing his face "One night with any girl from Fairy Tail of my choosing, and Blondie becomes my new bitch. Agree to that and maybe I'll help you"

"Your such a fucking asshole!" Cana screamed at him before shattering the Lacrima. "I can't believe that guy" She mumbled.

"I take it that's a no go from Laxus?" Mira asked, looking over at the card mage.

Cana just shook her head

"That asshole isn't going to help us, not unless we give him one of our members as a goddamn trophy"

"How can Laxus be so petty?" Mira asked

And so without any extra support, Fairy Tail worked with what it had available.

Until…

Hold on, I have to be sure I'm reading this right.

A walking building approached Magnolia from the ocean, bearing… Phantom Lord's crest.

God what the hell did I sign up for agreeing to narrate this?

Anyway, getting back on topic. Phantom Lord had decided to bring the fight to Fairy Tail.

"Fairy Tail" Jose's voice boomed out from the building' speakers "I have a simple request, hand over Lucy Heartfilia, and I will kill you all quick and painlessly, refuse, and I will obliterate the entire town along with you!"

"Your seriously fucked up if you think we'd ever hand Lucy over to you!" Cana exclaimed

"I hoped you'd say that" Jose grinned, as part of the building opened up, and from it, emerged a giant cannon barrel, aimed directly at Magnolia.

"Fire Jupiter!" Jose exclaimed as the cannon built up magic energy.

"Their going to fire that at us!" Came the cry from a random member of Fairy Tail

"EVERYONE GET DOWN!" Erza called as she requipped into her strongest defensive armour, Adamantium Armour.

"Erza! There's no way you can block that blast by yourself!" Mira called out to her old rival.

"I have to try!" Erza exclaimed as she stood her ground, closing the shields in front of her as the blast struck them, almost instantly Erza could feel the might of the blast, and her feet beginning to drag the dirt. If her feet left the ground, then it would be game over.

She tried to dig, but the blast was simply too strong, her defense was failing, she wouldn't make it.

"Your such an idiot" Natsu said as he suddenly appeared next to Erza, his stance wide as he held his left arm out in front of him.

"Natsu?" Erza questioned.

"Don't look away from that attack!" Natsu snapped as he bent his arm back, before throwing his arm to the side.

Erza could then suddenly feel the wind grab hold of her feet and anchor her to the ground, giving the support to defend against the jupiter blast.

"Now push back that blast with everything you've got!" Natsu exclaimed as Erza could feel the blast weakening, and Erza saw her chance. Pumping all her power into her shields, she pushed the attack back and away from Magnolia, where the energy dissipated into the air.

"Natsu" Erza asked "Why did you help me?"

"I may not like you Erza, but I can't sit idly by while someone throws their life away, just don't expect me to rescue you like this again" And with that Natsu took to the air before flying towards the building, which now sat there, recharging Jupiter.

"Not if I have anything to say about it" Natsu mumbled to himself before he readied another spell.

"SKY DRAGONS WING ATTACK!" He shouted as the wind gathered around his arms, before Natsu launched them forwards, the two blades of air wrapping around the barrel of Jupiter, before twisting and crushing the cannon.

"That should stop them from pulling that shit again" Natsu said before he flew in through the wreckage, heading towards Jose. "It's time to finish this"

As Natsu did this others were rallying, with Gray, Elfman and Sora all volunteering to follow after Natsu and handle Phantom Lord's top wizards, the elemental 4.

Once inside they all split up, each of the encountering a different member of the elite 4, Natsu fought Totomaru briefly, before leaving Sora to deal with him, then encountering Aria, the wizard who had disabled Makerov, and a fellow wizard of the sky.

"It's so sad!" Aria sobbed "We two mages of the sky must fight!" He continued, still crying

Elfman encountered Sol, some weird french dude who used Earth Magic and seemed to have no spine at all, with how his body could bend at weird angles.

And Gray encountered Juvia, a water mage, possibly the weirdest of the 4, but thats not relevant right now.

The fights were intense, but needless to say Fairy Tail came out on top. Gray had no problem handling Juvia's magic, it was her personality that made her difficult to fight.

Elfman manned up and used full-body take-over to beat Sol into the dirt, before rescuing Mira, who had been captured for disguising herself as Lucy to trick Jose.

Sora beat Totomaru pretty quickly because, as a certain character in a little known pirate anime will know, magma beats fire.

Natsu probably had the hardest time beating Aria, as the wind mage could melt his body into the air, it made it extremely hard to beat him, heck Natsu even tried using the trick he did on Erigor, controlling the very winds Aria used to fade in and out, but even that didn't work.

"Dammit, how the heck do I beat this guy?" Natsu asked as he fired off a sky dragon's roar, only for it to phase right through Aria as he faded into the air again.

"Pinpoint attacks don't work… seems I have to a bit broader don't I?" he smirked before gathering the wind around him, before firing it it out in different directions, one of which managed to snag Aria, putting him in Natsu's sights, where the dragon slayer quickly took him out another roar.

Natsu was about to carry on to Jose when he heard the Phantom's voice.

"Well well well" He said "You fairies tried so hard, but it doesn't even matter" Natsu could hear the smugness in his voice, but another voice made his blood go cold.

"Let go of me you creep!"

It was Lucy.

She'd been caught.

Again...

Natsu growled.

Phantom Lord had messed with his family for the last time.

Wind struck around him as Natsu let out a ferocious roar, a roar that shook the very building itself.

Natsu tore through the building, searching for Lucy, he ripped through room after room before he suddenly crashed through into a large open room, his wind ripping apart an iron knife that had been aimed at Lucy's head.

"Gajeel" Natsu growled, looking straight at the Iron Dragon slayer.

"Hello again Sky King" Gajeel mockingly greeted. "I was just entertaining my guest here" He gestured to Lucy "But I think I can spare the time to rip your wings"

"Bring it on Black Steel" Natsu snarled as the two dragon's approached one another.

"There isn't enough room in the sky for two dragons" Gajeel smirked as the two got within attacking distance, and they struck.

Natsu covered his feet in wind as he aimed a kick at Gajeel, but the iron dragon just blocked it by transforming his arm into a shield.

Natsu then kicked off of Gajeel before landing in a sprinter's position, the air gathering behind him as he pushed forward, flying at Gajeel. The iron dragon just smirked before his arm changed into a sword, forcing Natsu to dive out of the way as Gajeel slashed at him.

"Damn that's sharp" Natsu mumbled

The two dragons then rushed at each once again, trading blow for blow as they both attempted to wear down the other, and as the two of them fought, a image could be seen behind them, of two mighty dragons, locked in combat.

At least that's what it looked like.

Neither dragon seemed to have the advantage, Gajeel had a superior defense, yet Natsu had a much higher speed, proven by how Natsu zipped around Gajeel after casting Vernier, doubling his speed and making him nearly untouchable.

But that was only for the moment.

Natsu magical energy reserves were falling fast, and unlike Gajeel, who was in a room surrounded by iron machinery, Natsu had no way to replenish his reserves.

"Natsu…" Lucy whispered. "Please win this… you have to…"

Natsu struggled to his feet, before Gajeel slammed him back down into the floor. Gajeel's body was covered in iron scales, making him almost impossible to hit as it doubled his already large defense.

"Gihe" Gajeel laughed "Just give up Sky King, you can't win this"

"I don't get it" Lucy mumbled to herself "There's air all around Natsu, why hasn't he eaten it?" She asked.

"Because it's unclean" Happy responded, the blue exceed having found Lucy during the titanic fight.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked

"Natsu draws the most magical energy out of the air when it's clean and unpolluted, but this room is full of machinery, and that's polluting the air at Natsu's disposal" Happy explained. "If he could just get some fresh air… then he would kick ass!" Happy exclaimed.

"Fresh air…" Lucy mumbled to herself "Wait! I have an idea!" Lucy then reached for her belt, as Happy had retrieved her keys, before pulling out Taurus' key, summoning the golden bull to her side.

"Taurus!" Lucy exclaimed "Smash that wall!" She commanded

"MOOOO!" Taurus responded "Yes Miss Lucy!" Before raising his giant battle axe and obliterating the wall, opening up the room and letting in the open air.

"Natsu!" Lucy called as Gajeel approached the sky dragon slayer "Eat up!"

Natsu looked over at Lucy, before seeing the clean air rushing in, Natsu grinned before struggling to his feet. "Thanks Lucy" He said before inhaling, consuming the air itself as his magic energy replenished.

"Don't get cocky!" Gajeel shouted as he charged, ready to attack Natsu "Don't think just cause you had a snack that you can win!" Gajeel then threw his fist out at Natsu.

Only for it to be met by Natsu's own fist.

"You've hurt alot of my family. And for that you have to pay" As Natsu said this his hair shadowed his eyes, which became visible as two red orbs to Gajeel.

Natsu then unleashed a furious volley of punches at Gajeel, each one cracking away at the iron dragon's armour. "This is for Makerov! Nab! Levy! Jet! Droy! Macaba! Cana! Macao! Mira! Elfman! For each wound they've suffered! I'm paying you back 10 times over!" He roared as he stopped the volley, before drawing his fist back, wind covering it as he readied himself.

"Sky dragon slayer secret art! SHATTERING LIGHT: SKYWISE CANNON!" He then unleashed the massive punch at Gajeel, uppercutting him with the force of a dozen type 5 tornado's at once, it sent the defeated dragon flying through the ceiling, where his unconscious form crashed back down several moments later.

As Natsu stood over his defeated foe, a bright light filled the area, passing through the room it didn't affect Natsu Lucy or Happy, but it struck the Phantom Lord mages without mercy, a spell cast by the recently healed Master Makerov that targeted only those who he viewed as his enemies.

Fairy Tail's ultimate judgement spell.

Fairy Law.

Needless to say, the war with Phantom Lord, was over.