"There are walls that can't be broken by power alone.
But, if there is a power that can break through those walls,
It is the power of feelings."
-Mavis Vermillion
The first two battles that were 2 on 2 tag battles.
Ichiya and Nichiya vs Bacchus and Rocker: Winner: Blue Pegasus. It was safe to say that mostly everyone was shocked by that outcome.
The second battle; Millianna and Kagura vs Lyon and Yuka: Draw
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"And now at long last. We've come to the battle that everyone's been waiting for." Chapati announced as the four competitors stepped into the arena. "One guild was considered the strongest of Fiore 7 years ago and the other currently holds the title. This is gonna be a great match. It's Fairy Tail's Natsu and Gajeel versus Sabertooth's Sting and Rogue." The four dragon slayers stared at each other as the tension in the air grew. "You are about to witness a battle of epic proportions. These aren't just any wizard's, they're dragon slayers!"
"I've been looking forward to this my whole life." Sting declared as he stared at Natsu who said nothing.
"The crowd is getting super hyped up and I don't blame them!"
"Go give them a thrashing you guys!" Gray said and his eyes flickered over to Asami who was standing on her own as she leaned over the railing with Juvia, Wendy, and Haru hovering over her to make sure she didn't fall.
"Get some hits in for us too." Laxus added.
"Win this one for Fairy Tail!" Erza yelled.
"They're about to start." Wendy said.
"I have complete faith in them that they're going to win." Asami said, her blue eyes flickering to Natsu who made her a promise.
"Everyone is dying to find who is gonna win this round, no pressure. Remember you have 30 minutes! Let the match begin!" Mato announced before running off the arena.
"You ready?" Sting asked.
"Yeah." Rogue nodded. They two immediately charged towards Natsu and Gajeel who were already going towards them, fists raised. The Sabertooth dragon slayers were knocked back by the surprise punches.
Sting landed on his feet and his blood pumping with excitement. "White Dragon Roar!"
Natsu leaned back, the attack missing. "A laser?" He muttered in surprise.
"Shadow Dragon Slash!" Rogue's fist was surrounded in a black shadow like substance as he attacked Gajeel who blocked it with a smirk. Gajeel then knocked him back into the ground near Sting who cried out his name.
"Fire Dragon Wing attack!" Natsu had grabbed Rogue and threw him into Sting.
The Fairy Tail group cheered at how easily Natsu and Gajeel were overwhelming the Sabertooth team.
Sting scoffed as he wiped his mouth. "You guys are tough, that's for sure. Makes it more fun."
"Gajeel." Rogue muttered.
"Tell me something. Did you really defeat your dragon's with that measly power of yours?" Natsu asked. Asami and Wendy leaned in to hear the answer since they were both curious. Natsu had told them how Sting and Rogue had killed their dragon parents which shocked them.
"We didn't just defeat them. We killed our dragon's with our bare hands." Sting stated as he gave them a cocky smirk.
"But, didn't you think of them as your parents too?"
"That's none of your business. But, if you losers want to see our dragon slaying power. Then I'll be happy to show it to ya." Sting declared. "White Drive." White light started to surround him.
"Shadow Drive." Rogue followed his example, instead he was surrounded in the same shadow like substance.
"The Twin Dragons of Sabertooth, Sting and Rogue.They may be dragon slayers like Natsu and Gajeel but, we still know nothing about their magic." Makarov said. "Predicting the outcome of this fight is all but impossible."
"Especially now that they finished testing each other's strengths. This is where the fight really starts. Let's cheer extra hard!" Mavis declared with a beaming smile.
Sting was the first to move and he and Natsu started going back and forth with their fists. Gajeel tried to keep with Rogue who similar to Asami could turn his body into his element, which meant that Gajeel would end up going through Rogue's shadow body.
"They're teamwork is really good." Asami muttered and was worried about Gajeel and Natsu who weren't used to working together. Suddenly Sting was overwhelming Natsu with his punches. "Hm. Is that a magic circle?" She asked.
"It is." Juvia replied after squinting her eyes since her eyes weren't as good as a dragon slayers.
"What'd you do to me?" Natsu snapped at Sting when he couldn't move his body.
Sting smirked. "My white dragon talent is infused with Holy magic. Anyone granted that stigmata is paralyzed. Now the real fun begins." His fists were surrounded in white clear orbs. "You're my new punching bag!"
"Go, Natsu! Take em down!" Happy cheered.
Natsu hid his smirk when Sting started to charge at him. The White Dragon slayer was shocked when Natsu punched him in the face when he shouldn't have been able to move. "He burned it off." Asami said in a proud tone.
"Way to use your head Natsu!" Lucy cheered.
The Fairy Tail Dragon slayer both punched them in the face, knocking them into the wall behind them. Sting had summoned up all his magic power all into one spot and used a dragon slayer secret art called Holy Nova. He was shocked when Natsu had stopped the attack with just one hand. Rogue was also being overwhelmed by Gajeel's hits. The two were knocked down to the ground.
"We're not finished yet." Rogue stood up first.
Sting followed soon after. "He's right. It's not like we expected this to be easy, ya know. Give us some credit." He clenched his fist. "I'm not gonna lose. I made a promise to Lector and I intend to keep it." The same white light surrounded him once more except this time white marking appeared on his body and his hair was more spiked up giving him a wild look. The same thing happened to Rogue except his markings were black.
"Feel that. They ain't playing around." Gajeel said feeling the magic power increase.
"No kidding." Natsu agreed.
"No way." Asami breathed out shock when she realized what the two male slayers were doing.
"The dragon force." Mavis said in equal shock and awe in her tone.
"Hold up, Natsu did that in the Tower of Heaven, right?" Gray asked Erza, his eyes flickered to Asami for a moment before looking back at the Sabertooth dragon slayers.
"Yes. In a way." Erza said. She explained that Natsu was only able to do it consuming etherion.
"They can activate it on command." Asami muttered.
"I'm worried." Wendy mumbled, knowing how powerful using dragon force since Grandeeney had told her.
"They'll be okay." The ravenette assured her sister who didn't look to convinced. She remembered the plan that the two males came up with and had full faith they could do it.
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"Hang back, Rogue. I can handle these chumps by myself." Sting said as he started to walk towards Natsu and Gajeel who seemed annoyed with his overconfidence.
"I've never seen this ability first hand. Is it really that awesome?" Gray asked Erza who had witnessed the power firsthand. He had asked Haru who made it sound like they were invincible when using Dragon Force.
"It is. They're at a real disadvantage now." She said keeping her face calm even though she was worried about her teammates.
Sting moved a lot fast than before and was able to keep up with both Natsu and Gajeel. He jumped into the air. "White Dragon Holy Breath!" The whole arena was blinded with the white light before they saw how the floor beneath them had given in and there was now a giant whole.
"Woah! These third dragon slayers are not playing around." Gray muttered in awe at the power from just one breath attack.
"Gajeel!" Levy and Pantherlily cried out while Happy and Lucy cried out, "Natsu!" As they watched both dragon slayers fall along with the other dragon slayers.
"Holy elemental magic." Mavis said as she recalled the type of magic that Sting was using.
Natsu and Gajeel could barely keep up with how fast Sting was moving and were knocked to the ground. They were in the same position that Sting and Rogue were earlier as they laid on the ground face down.
"Change is inevitable and there's the proof." Rogue said. "The old generation battered and beaten by true dragon slayers. Their era was grand but now has come to an end."
"Got that right." Sting said.
"Natsu and Gajeel may not be getting up from that one, folks. It was an intense fight for both sides but it looks like Fairy Tail may have succumbed to Sabertooths twin dragon's afterall."
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"Natsu." Happy whimpered along with Lucy who was in shock.
Levy covered her mouth as she gasped. "Gajeel."
"What do you think you're doing. The fight isn't over. You're not allowed to quit." Pantherlily stated.
"Get up, Natsu!" Wendy cried out.
"Hm. Why aren't you saying anything?" Haru asked Asami who was quiet.
"Because Natsu and Gajeel aren't done fighting." She stated, her voice confident and unwavering.
And she was right because in that moment both Gajeel and Natsu stood up, not only surprising the Sabertooth Twin Dragon's but everyone else in the crowd.
"Not so fast pal." Natsu stated as he stood. The crowd let out an uproar of cheers.
"That's the way Natsu!" Happy yelled in excitement.
Pantherlily smirked. "I knew Gajeel wasn't out of this yet."
"Not bad but now we've seen all of your little quirks." Natsu said.
"What!" Sting breathed out in shock.
Rogue tensed. "No."
"I know the timing of your attacks, the way you stand when you defend, even the rhythm of your breathing." Natsu continued.
"What the hell. That's impossible." Sting denied. "I used my dragonforce. You shouldn't be standing."
"Yeah, you're definitely strong. I feel like a train ran over me."
"Keep your composure. He's just bluffing." Rogue said, not believing that Natsu and Gajeel could keep fighting or that they were memorizing their movements when they fought.
Gajeel chuckled. "Don't make me laugh. Does Salamander look smart enough to bluff?" He said.
Natsu gave him an offended look. "I'm smart. Just watch!" He turned to the Twin Dragon slayers. "For example, when you attack, you pivot your foot to around 11 o'clock."
"Nope, it's 10 o'clock, Dummy." Gajeel corrected him as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"It's totally 11." Natsu said.
"Are you blind?! It was 10:30 at most!" Gajeel retorted as he Natsu butt heads. "Were you even watching?!"
"I think you were hit too hard. It's 23 o'clock!." Natsu snapped.
"That's the same thing moron!" The continued going back and forth as the Twin Dragon slayers sweat dropped.
"Are those numbskulls trying to embarrass the entire guild?" Makarov pinched the bridge of his nose as he spoke in exasperation.
"You know I could say that I'm surprised that they're bickering but, I'm not." Asami sweat dropped. "I'm just surprised they held out this long without arguing."
"Their only embarrassing us." Lucy muttered.
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"Whoops." Natsu muttered as he pushed Gajeel into the cart.
"Hey!" Gajeel gaped at him as the cart began to move. "What the crap!" His motion sickness kicked in making his cheeks puff up from slight throw up in his mouth.
Natsu made a gleeful face. "Hehe."
Asami who was up in the stands sweat dropped. "That was a cruel thing for him to do." She muttered when she saw Gajeel being affected by his motion sickness and Natsu's creepy grin.
"Hey! What'd you do that for?" Sting asked him.
"Betrayal?" Rogue muttered in confusion and shock.
"What? Did you think I forgot about that little insult from before?" Natsu asked as he faced them. "I can handle the two of you myself. Come on! Gimme all you got!" He gave them a confident look.
"Insanity! Natsu Dragneel has declared his own 1 on 2 battle against the Twin Dragon's of Sabertooth! We could be witnessing history!"
"Are you getting fired up?" Natsu was ready to take down the Sabertooth dragon slayers and get revenge for what their teammate did to Asami.
"Show em who's boss Natsu!" Happy cheered.
Lucy cupped her hands over her mouth, "Come on, Natsu!"
"Beat em up, Natsu!" Haru yelled wanting Natsu to beat them up.
"You can do it!" Asami cheered. Her eyes flickered over to where the Sabertooth team was standing and held back a flinch when Minerva smirk evilly at her, she glanced away. Her fists were clenched tightly and she took a breath before releasing a sigh and focused back on the match instead of Minerva who she could feel was still looking at her.
"You think you can take us on alone?" Sting asked. "That's a big mistake."
"I have no interest in fighting you." Rogue said. "My only target is Gajeel."
"Beat me and you can take on whoever you want." Natsu said not affected by his words. Sting and Rogue activated their dragonforce and charged towards Natsu. Natsu was able to keep up despite them using dragonforce which should make them stronger. The Fire dragon slayer kept attacking them and not giving them a chance to fight back.
"Now Sting!" Rogue yelled as a large black sphere appeared out of his fist.
Sting nodded. "Yeah!" A giant white sphere appeared out of his fist as he stood next to Rogue with an equally determined expression. They were going to end it with this next attack.
"Their magic power is increasing." Wendy muttered.
Asami narrowed her eyes. "That's because they're merging their magic together." She replied to her sister.
The blonde celestial mage who was listening stepped beside them. "You mean like a unison raid?" Lucy asked in a worry tone. Asami nodded in response.
"Natsu outta the way!" Happy cried out not wanting his friend to get hurt.
"Holy cow! What's going on?" Chapati asked.
"Looks a unison raid." Yajima said answering his question. "It's what you might call a fusion magic. It's generally considered such an advanced technique that you could spend your entire life training and never master it."
The two giant spheres shrunk down and both dragon slayers launched their attack towards Natsu who remained in his spot. "What's he doing? Does he think he can block it?" Pantherlily asked.
Asami stared at the lacrima vision, her heart racing with anticipation. She thought back on the conversation she had with Natsu who came looking for her when Cana was helping her get to the stands.
"I promise that I'll win it for sure!" Natsu grinned at his best friend. He held in his anger as he looked at her injuries knowing that he was going to get revenge during the battle. "I'll get them back for what they did to you."
"I know you will." Asami said her eyes softening when she caught the sight of his determination. She stood up straighter and gave him a confident look that she knew he would win the match. "So, when you get out there, you show them what Fairy Tail's Dragon slayers are made of." She raised one finger making an L shape.
"Of course I will, Asami!" Natsu promised and made the same hand sign when he caught sight of what she meant. He gave her one last smile before walking back to towards the arena.
Asami made an L shape with her fingers and raised it high. The rest of the guild caught sight of what she was doing and proudly did the same, feeling just as confident that Natsu was going to be okay.
There was silence in the air as a loud explosion was heard and the lacrima vision turned blurry. Once it came back to being clear, they were able to see both Sabertooth Dragon Slayers drop to the ground.
"Unbelievable. The last man standing is Fairy Tail's, Natsu Dragneel!" The announcer said and Natsu immediately raised both fists in the air feeling proud.
Asami and the rest of the guild started cheering. Fairy Tail had moved to first place which them cheer even louder. Asami gave the screen where Natsu was celebrating a look as she smiled, sending Natsu a mental thanks. Her blue eyes flickered over to Gray who sent her a smile and she smiled back.
The end of day four ended with Fairy Tail being in first place and one point ahead of Sabertooth. It seemed that Gajeel had been right when he said that one point was nothing to scoff at especially since it gave them a lead. In two days the guilds would have an all out fight and the victor of the games would be decided than. But, until that day, Fairy Tail would be celebrating the day's victory.