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Even wounded by Sora's attacks, the huge dragon flying overhead shook off the injuries and kept it's balance, roaring out indignantly.

Future Rouge remained calm and confident despite the damage done to the dragon he rode. He continued to smirk as he faced Sora, "It's futile. Humans will never best the dragons."

"Then I'll just quit being a human, if that's what it takes to protect everyone." Sora growled.

"Motherglare..." Future Rouge called.

The huge dragon bellowed in response, then fired off dozens of eggs from the pores in its stomach. They rained down and crashed all over the city, hatching into dragon-like creatures a little larger than the average man.

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The majority of the dragon spawn met Fairy Tail first, who weren't too happy with the current situation.

Jet's jaw dropped, "What the hell?! More monsters?!"

Cana gritted his teeth, "It's tough enough dealing with this freaking dragon, but now we've gotta fight these things too?!"

Atlas Flame roared and jumped up over the mages, intending to crush them beneath his blazing form. The members of Fairy Tail yelled in shock.

"Oh, no the hell you don't! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu roared back, then leaped up to ram his fist into the dragon's huge head with enough force to repel him from the other mages.

Atlas Flame snarled, "You...!"

Natsu punched his fist, "The big guy's mine! The rest of you do something about the runts!"

Romeo shouted, "You can't fight that thing alone!"

"No."

Mavis appeared in their midst with a serious expression, "He's right. You heard Sora. Only a Dragon Slayer can defeat a dragon. Leave this one to Natsu. Gajeel, go intercept another one. Laxus, head for the castle. Wendy's fighting there, but she's inexperienced. She's probably got her hands full by now. The smaller ones can be defeated by our other mages."

Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe flew off, while Gajeel took Levy and went looking for another dragon to fight.

The other mages of Fairy Tail began to engage the dragon spawn, who while powerful, didn't appear to have very high defenses.

Atlas Flame rammed his head into Natsu and sent the Salamander flying away, but Elfman caught him quickly. The big man grunted, "The Take Over Siblings have got your back!"

 "We'll help you out any way we can." Lisanna said as she went into her Tigress Take Over and also joined them, "Don't worry about being attacked from behind. We'll take out any small ones that get in the way."

"Well, geez." Natsu wiped some blood from the corner of his mouth with a hand while he grinned, "This feels nostalgic. There ain't no way I can lose like this!"

Happy flew over and picked him up, "Aye, sir!"

Atlas Flame roared as they charged,"Prepare for the end, foolish humans!"

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"Well, I better get going. Good luck everyone!" Lexi called as she took off and hopped on top of a roof. From there she saw the guilds fighting desperately with the dragons. It was absolute chaos.

"Oh! What do we have here?" She turned her head slightly to see the sabertooth tiger- looking dragon looming over her, a grin on his face. "A tasty snack!"

"Pfft. I hope you're ready for a bad taste in your mouth, you overgrown gecko." Lexi stated unamused as she jumped off the roof, her feet hitting the ground softly.

"Foolish creature!" The dragon replied with anger. "There's no way, a tiny human like you can defeat a dragon like me so why don't you come quietly?"

"We'll see about that." Lexi grinned maliciously as she created two sliver windmills in her hands. "Sliver Dragon's Windmill!" She shouted and launched at the dragon.

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"I'll handle this one! Rogue, go and help the guilds that don't have a dragon slayer!" Sting ordered as the dragons split up once more.

"Right!" Rogue nodded his head.

"Sora's voice gave me courage." Sting said as he attacked the dragon in front of him with Holy Ray, the rays of light striking the dragon relentlessly. "Not the courage to fight but, the courage to protect my friends."

"The ruthless Sabertooth is no more." Rogue stated as he rushed off. "We're going...forward."

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"Gohahaha! That guy on Motherglare was barking something funny." The stone dragon laughed. "And that other one...he's a monster...but you guys..." He smiled at the Blue Pegasus guild. "...are nothing to me!"

"We have no slayers in our guild!" Eve looked at his teammates in horror, stating that the guild was at a disadvantage against the dragon.

"This is bad." Hibiki stated as he used his Archive magic to analyze his foe and pull up some past data that might help them.

"Why don't we!? Shit!" Ren cursed.

"I guess sexy tactics won't work this time." Jenny frowned.

"I believe that the time is right." Ichiya said as he took out what looked like a capsule from his belt and threw it at the dragon, the item exploded and this frequence wrapped itself around the dragon. "I'll use my secret perfume!"

"T-This is...!?"

"My nose..."

"It's..." Ren, Hibiki and Eve all gagged at the stentch.

"That's right!" Ichiya proudly proclaimed. "It's my armpits' perfume!"

"Hahaha! Even though dragons all have a keen sense of smell...I don't have a nose!" The stone dragon laughed causing the leader of Blue Pegasus to fall over in failure. "No matter how many centuries pass, you're still a foolish race. Humans．"

"Move aside, you weirdos!" A voice said from above and the stone dragon roared with pain as an explosion happened on top of his body.

"It's Cobra from Oracion Seis." Hibiki said. "The Poison Dragon slayer."

"Maybe he's hear because of my charming looks!" Jenny laughed.

"Shut your trap." Cobra snapped. "After I'm finished with this guy, you're all next on my list of asses I need to kick."

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Lahar and Doranbalt watched Cobra ambush the Rock Dragon with as calm a look as they could manage.

"Who would have thought we'd heed Jellal's advice..." Lahar muttered in wonderment.

Doranbalt snorted, "If we're really lucky...the Council will expel only us two..."

Lahar shook his head, "Worrying about our futures can come after making sure there is one. We should get moving."

The men behind them shouted, "HELL YEAH!"

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Sora skidded back as Future Rouge attacked him again. The Solar Dragon glared at his enemy and growled, "As long as we're giving it our all as one...There's nothing we can't accomplish..."

Future Rouge grinned, "You're so ignorant of the frightening power of a dragon..."

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At Mercurius, the Emerald Dragon Zilconis laughed at the humans beneath him, "Ahahahahaha! Now which one of you is gonna be my appetizer?!"

The soldiers cringed, but Wendy frowned, "Don't you remember us?"

When the Emerald Dragon shook his head, Carla muttered, "Of course he doesn't. We spoke with his dead spirit, remember?"

"There's no time for hesitation!" Carla urged, "You heard Sora! Only Dragon Slayers can defeat dragons!"

"But..." Wendy looked to the ground uneasily.

"Carla, that made have been a tad harsh." Kiki whispered.

Zilconis grinned, "I got it...I'll just eat all of you at once!"

He released a burst of energy from his mouth, which enveloped all of the soldiers. The girls and exceed barely managed to dodge, as did Arcadios when he grabbed Hisui and dragged her out of the attack radius.

Lucas hissed, "This sucks! How can we beat something like that?!"

"What he did is different than what he said." Lily spoke.

The smoke faded to reveal the men.

It was...unsightly as the female mages just gasped at them.

They were all stripped of their armor and buck-ass naked. The soldiers quickly realized this, resulting in a large number of rather girly screams.

Zilconis roared with laughter, "The looks on your faces! Humans really are pleasing to the palate, but their clothes...Not so much. So I took the liberty of removing them for you!"

"It's the first time I've see something so pitiful..." Mira commented even though she was blushing as the soldiers all yelped and covered their...uh...manhoods.

"Princess! Are you alright?" Arcadios asked. He had used his body to shield her from the blast.

"Y-Yes..." Hisui replied.

"How shameless..." Darton growled as he looked at the dragon.

"Minister!" Arcadios exclaimed as Hisui quickly covered her eyes.

"Aaahh!" Darton realized that he was also naked and in front of the country's princess no less.

The Emerald Dragon scratched his chin, "You know come to think of it...Men also taste horrible..." He licked his lips and grinned again, "Just the women, then. I'm a ladies man, after all!"

Lucy cringed at his words.

Wendy gulped, "That wasn't a breath attack...Was that magic just now?"

Zilconis nodded proudly, "Very perceptive of you...All dragons can use magic to some extent..."

He puffed a bit of air that smote Lucy and, to her horrified dismay, rendered her nude.

Zilconis sneered, "Magic which strips humans of their dignity, that is..."

Wendy did not approve of that. She glared up at the Emerald Dragon, "My magic will be the one that crushes you!"

Zilconis raised a scaly eyebrow,"You're gonna crush me, little girl?"

"WHO CARES?!" Lucy shrieked, "Gimme some clothes!"

The Emerald Dragon suddenly grabbed her and smirked down at the others, "Well then, can you defeat me before I devour this young lady?!"

Wendy held her hands out to the sides, "Arms, Vernier, enchant!"

Mira got into a stance. "I'll help you!"

Wendy gave Zilconis one of the most menacing looks she'd ever given anyone, "I will!"

"CONCEITED LITTLE-!" Zilconis roared.

The shockwave of his bellow threw the girls off balance, which the Emerald Dragon took as a chance to fly up and laugh, "What now?! Humans can't fly, can they?!"

He held Lucy up above his open jaws with a grin. Lucy struggled to get loose, but she was seriously about to become dragon food.

"Haaaaa!" Using her magic, Mira already changed into her Sitri Form and jumped, hitting the dragon right underneath his jaw.

The Emerald Dragon sneered, "Like that's gonna work."

"Then how about this?!"

Zilconis's eyes widened as Wendy flew up behind him with Carla and took a deep breath, then shouted, "Sky Dragon's Roar!"

"GUOHHHH!" Zilconis bellowed in pain as the tornado of breath slammed into the back of his head. He whipped around with blazing eyes and bared fangs, "You little...!"

Without warning, he suddenly hurled Lucy away, sending the still naked girl flying across the city.

Yukino gasped, "Lucy!"

"I'll get her!" Lucas shouted and flew after her at his max speed.

Wendy nodded, "I'm counting on you. Just leave things here to me. We'll deal with Zilconis..."

"Agreed." Mira nodded.

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Sora was once again pushed back by Future Rouge's shadows, skidding to a stop on Motherglare's back. He tch'd and glared at his enemy, who smirked back, "My power now far exceeds what it was back when I was in the Grand Magic Games. You have no hope."

"Shut up!" Sora growled as he stood up, albeit rather shakily.

"SORA! HELP MEEE!"

The Solar Dragon turned with a frown at the scream, but his eyes almost exploded out of his head when he saw Lucy, stark naked, literally flying through the air straight at them. He was so frozen to the spot that he couldn't react when she slammed into him and sent the both of them falling off of Motherglare.

Future Rouge stared after them with a confused mixture of awkwardness and surprise.

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Sora and Lucy crashed into a bell and snapped the metal off it's hinges, sending it rolling down the tower. Sora was immediately rendered motion sick, while Lucy screamed until the bell came to a stop and let them fall out in a dizzy heap.

He groaned and stood up shakily, "Why the are you naked, Luce?"

"It was Zilconis! I swear!" she sighed, then tried to cover herself up, "D-don't look at me...it's so embarrassing..."

Sora found his eyes locked onto her at that statement. 'Did she HAVE to sound all cute and helpless like that? It's not helping the situation...'

When he continued to stare at her, Lucy grabbed his face to cover his eyes and wailed, "I told you to stop looking at me!"

Sora stumbled back and stepped on the bell, making him slip and send both of them in a backwards flip that ended with Sora on top of Lucy, his hands on her breasts while their lips were forced together. The pair froze when they also realized that Lucy's legs were somehow wrapped around his middle.

"Wow, you two are so bold. Should I go away for a while?" Lucas flew over with a big snicker.

The two flew apart with a gasp and tried their best to look as unaffected as possible, but since they were both steaming red, it was pretty much useless.

Sora saw a blanket nearby and snatched it, then handed it to Lucy, "C-cover up. It's torn, but it's better than nothing."

"Th-thanks..." Lucy muttered gratefully as she wrapped the cloth around her body.

Lucas scratched his head, "Are you okay? Zilconis threw you halfway across the city..."

Lucy nodded, "Y-yeah, I'm okay. I didn't know dragons could use magic like that, though. What about you, Sora?"

"I didn't know." he admitted, "I mean, I know dragons can use magic thanks to Dad, but I didn't know a breath attack could be used to target something specific like clothing. Then there's Future Rouge, that bastard. He's no joke...I'm low on magic because it's nighttime."

Lucy sighed, "They're all so strong...the Fire Dragon...the Rock Dragon...even that Zilconis...And Future Rouge must be so powerful, since he's controlling all of them at once. What do we do?"

Sora's eye twitched for a moment. He frowned.

Lucy stared at him. She knew that look. He was thinking.

The Solar Dragon looked back up at Motherglare, "...I think...I might have an idea...It's a bit risky, but..."

Now Lucy's eyes widened. If even Sora thought it was risky, she was certain she wasn't going to like this.

"What do you have in mind?"

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Erza stumbled and tripped at last, surrounded by Motherglare's spawns. 'Damn, I got separated...and my legs won't move...How pathetic...I couldn't show my vulnerable side to my comrades...not even once...Even though I know acting tough isn't real strength...'

The dragon spawn snarled and snapped at her hungrily. Erza closed her eyes. 'So this is how it ends...'

They lunged for her, but then there was a dark explosion and the dragon spawn screeched as they were destroyed.

Jellal emerged from the smoke cloud with a look of worried relief on his face, "Need a hand...?"

Erza smiled up at him, "Thank you..."

"...Jellal..."

The two of them froze at the voice, then turned to see Milianna staring at them with a look of anger and hatred on her face.

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"Will this really work?" Lucas asked nervously as they flew.

Sora nodded, "Just leave it to me. I'll figure it out somehow!"

As they flew off, Lucy was left behind to call after them, "Wait, Sora! Hold on a minute!"

Beside her, Virgo sighed, "You take too long choosing your wardrobe, princess."

"Honestly..." Lucy huffed, "That strategy is completely insane..." She frowned, but then smiled softly, "But you know...he always manages to find the silver lining..."

Virgo smiled mischievously, "You did share a naked embrace with him, after all. Not that I'm especially surprised."

Lucy blushed furiously, "Th-that was just an accident! I swear, it was just-"

"Of course, of course." Virgo laughed.

She reddened further, now certain that the spirit was playing her for a fool, but before she could retort, something out of place caught the girl's attention from the corner of her eye.

Lucy walked over and picked up a small book, staring at it for a moment before her eyes widened. She gasped at the object in question, "This...! This is my journal...but why here? Unless...This must be the journal my future self kept!"

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Atlas Flame was pressing Natsu and the Take Over Siblings.

Elfman glowed as he transformed, "Take Over: Beast Soul!" He bellowed and punched at Atlas fiercely, "Lizardman!" But the spiked fists he used to attack were burned by the flames.

"Tigress Slash!" Lisanna hissed as she darted by Atlas Flame and swiped him with her sharp claws. But sharp or not, her attack did virtually nothing.

"Fire Dragon's..." Natsu sucked in a breath, then let it loose, "Roar!"

The burning breath crashed into Atlas Flame, and while he was not burned, the sheer force of the attack was enough to make him snarl in rage, "Futile, futile! Your flames cannot best my Hellfires!"

Natsu swore, "Dammit!"

Elfman tch'd, "Even though Natsu's Dragon Slayer magic is doing damage, this guy isn't weakening fast enough."

"I guess fire isn't a good match against a dragon made of flames, is it?" Lisanna said sympathetically.

"Happy!" Natsu shouted without answering her, using the blue exceed's flight to get above Atlas Flame.

Happy gulped, "Natsu, what can you do from here?"

"Drop me." he grinned.

The blue exceed did a double take, "You want me to drop you on the dragon?!"

"The fire dragon." Natsu reminded him.

It clicked immediately. Happy grinned and let his partner go, "Aye, sir!"

Natsu landed on Atlas Flame's head, making the dragon growl, "What do you think you're doing?!"

"If ya haven't heard already, my name is Natsu!" he declared, then grinned, "And now...I'm gonna eat you!"

With that, he started to devour the incarnate dragon alive.

Lisanna gaped at him, "Wha- THAT'S your plan?!"

Elfman grinned uncertainly, "Is he crazy...?"

"Aye, sir!" Happy said cheerfully.

Atlas Flame meanwhile, was furious,"Eat me? You DARE mock me!?"

Natsu chewed on the flames as he replied, "I said I would, so I will. You're pretty tasty, actually."

The dragon was livid, "GET OFF ME!"

Atlas Flame began to slam his head into buildings and thrash around in an effort to dislodge the Salamander from his head, but Natsu clung on and kept devouring the fires. The Dragon Slayer protested, "I don't wanna!"

Elfman winced as Natsu was rammed and dragged on the street, "Oi, oi, that looks like it hurts a lot..."

"Natsu, enough!" Lisanna shouted, "It won't work! You can't eat a whole dragon! It'll kill you before you even get close!"

He yelled back as the dragon started shaking its head furiously from side to side, "I've- got him- right- where I- want him!"

Elfman sweated, "Right where you want him...he says..."

Atlas Flame roared, "Enough of this foolishness, you imbecile! Do not enrage me even further!"

Lisanna bit her lip. The dragon was really starting to beat Natsu around. She wasn't going to watch for much longer, not if her lack of action got him killed.

Atlas Flame was raging, but as Natsu clung to him and devoured his fires, the dragon felt a sensation that was oddly...familiar...

Then it clicked.

This aura...

No...it's impossible...

This child...it cannot be, but...this is definitely...Yes, the same as...

Flame Dragon King Igneel.

Atlas Flame stopped his rampage and stood dead still, lifting his head up from the street.

Elfman tensed, "Now what?"

"Boy..." the dragon said, more curious than angry now, "You...what exactly...is your connection to Igneel?"

That got Natsu's attention, "Igneel? You...know Igneel?!"

Atlas Flame nodded, "The Flame Dragon King...Is a dear friend..."

"Igneel is...this dragon's friend?" Lisanna whispered, "I didn't know he was so important among the dragons...The Flame Dragon King..."

Natsu smiled down at Atlas Flame, "I see...Igneel's my dad..."

"Is that so?" the dragon remarked,"Well..." He turned his gaze skyward, where Motherglare was still raining down more of her dragon spawn, and stayed silent for a time.

Natsu blinked, "Hey, what's up?"

Lisanna called up to them, "Is everything alright?"

Natsu nodded, "Yes, she is..."

"..." Atlas Flame remained quiet for a bit, then murmured with surprising softness for a dragon, "Family of Igneel...are family of mine...I shall...lend you my power..."

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The golden dragon that came through they gate with the other dragons looked around at all the fighting with a frown on his face. "This is not what I wished to see again." He muttered in a lo voice. "I always dreamed of dragons coexisting with the humans, but now that I look at all this, was that dream just nothing but a cruel hoax...?" 

Suddenly, something caught his eye as he looked up and saw a figure dropping down from the sky.

"Aryaaah!" Sora shouted, landing on the dragon's head. "I finally found you, Solar Dragon!" He then placed his hands on the dragon and began to absorb the solar light radiating off the dragon. "Aww yeah! This is going to give me tons of power!"

"Who dares attack the great Helios?!" The dragon looked up at him.

"That would be me, the great Sora Lionheart!" Sora replied as he continued to absorb more sunlight.

'L-Lionheart...!' The dragon stopped his rampage for a minute as Sora sat on his head. 'Could it be...no impossible...but this feeling...reminds me of...Pydron and 'her' .' 

"Young man..." Helios called.

"Hmm?" Sora looked down at the dragon.

"What's your relationship to Pydron and Henrietta?"

"What?" Sora's eyes lit up as he paused in his chewing. "Do you know them!?"

"Pydron is my son and Henrietta was my dear daughter-in-law."

"No way." Sora smiled. "I them pretty well too. They're my Dad and Mom."

Helios' eyes widened at that. "Their son!? Then...that means you're my...grandson?"

"Really?" Sora asked surprised before he grinned. "Well in that case, nice to meet you, Grandpa!"

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Future Rouge watched the destruction with a smug satisfaction, "Superb...So, this is the power of dragons..." He clenched a fist, "With this, we can conquer even Acnologia..." The man spread his arms out before the eclipse and chanted,

"Foolish humans, await your deaths...

The earth shall crumble...

The skies shall burn...

The flames of light will be extinguished...

For I am the Dragon King, the emperor born from the Dragon King Festival...

Now the shadow will become the light. A new, absolute light that will guide the world!"

"We don't need such a dirty light!" a voice shouted.

Future Rouge paused and glanced behind him with a smirk, "That'll be Natsu, then...?!" His expression quickly became one of utter shock.

Natsu was flying up, but it was not Happy carrying him. Below the Salamander, Atlas Flame roared in rage.

"The light we follow...comes from within our hearts!" Natsu roared, "It's not something you can see!"

Then Atlas Flame crashed head on into Motherglare, making the air shake from the titanic force.

Future Rouge was dumbfounded, "What the hell is Natsu doing riding a dragon? Have you betrayed me, Atlas Flame?!"

"I feel...from the bottom of my heart..." Atlas Flame hissed, "The son of Igneel...is the son of a dear friend..."

Future Rouge tch'd, "However you did it, I can still kill the both of you. It won't set back my plans."

"But they're not alone!"

The man atop Motherglare paled and spun around, his one eye going wide when he saw Sora riding on top of Helios before he jumped off punched him in the face and sent him flying down the dragon's back.

Future Rouge came to a stop and spat, "Lionheart...you have interfered with me for the last time!"

"Let's end this, you bastard!" Sora snarled a challenge.

"Have you betrayed me too, Helios!?" Future Rouge yelled.

"How dare you try to make me fight my own grandson!?" Helios roared. "Such a thing is unforgivable!"

Atlas Flame rumbled with amusement, "Son of Igneel, your nest-sibling's ferocity could rival that of a real dragon's."

"Yeah, he gets that way when he's pissed off." Natsu glared at Future Rouge as he muttered, "I'm counting on you, uncle."

"Uncle...?" the dragon pondered.

Sora becomes outlined in solar light and yelled, "Let's go, Natsu!"

"Yeah!" Natsu shouted, "Atlas, circle 'em!"

"Grandpa! Let's help out" Sora said as he jumped back on Helios' back.

Atlas Flame lunged and sank his burning teeth into Motherglare's shoulder, then tried to use his grip to get above and behind the other dragon. Helios then rammed his fist into Motherglare's face.

Future Rouge gritted his teeth, "Motherglare, don't let them overpower you!"

The huge dragon inhaled deeply, then fired an enormous breath attack that roared over the city and devastated the mountains further away. Helios managed to dodge the attack just in time.

Even though the breath tore through Atlas Flame, the burning dragon was unaffected and growled, "Against my body of flame, your mere breath is futile."

"You can't take on the both of us!" Helois roared at Motherglare.

Motherglare hissed back, "Your flames or solar light cannot penetrate my adamantine body either!"

"You would be mistaken to take my Hellfires lightly." Atlas warned,"Flames of titans that bellow more violently than those in hell, and the one that has ingested these flames...is my fellow fire dragon."

Natsu leaped off of Atlas, his body covered in fire and crimson dragon scales.

Reyos froze. 'He consumed Atlas Flame's fire?!

"Sora!" Natsu shouted as he clenched his right fist.

"Right!" Sora yelled and brought back his left.

"Go Sora!" Helios roared.

Future Rouge went into his White Shadow Dragon Mode, bracing himself to intercept the brother's attack.

The three attacks collided and violently exploded, making Motherglare, Helios and Atlas Flame stagger in midair from the dangerous levels of Dragon Slaying Magic.

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In the city below, Toma, the King, watched the battle in the sky his soldiers muttering nervously around him.

"A once blooming city of flowers, now overflowing with chaos and stained with blood..." Toma murmured, "This is truly the festival of humans and dragons. People fighting people...dragons fighting dragons...and people fighting dragons...This really is nothing more than an ancient disaster we once called the Dragon King's Festival."

Toma fell to his knees as the true realization of what he was facing came upon him, "This cannot be stopped now...Nothing...will ever be the same again..."

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Sting and Rogue are also having a hard time against their opponents. However, Rogue's opponent refuses to hurt Rogue, as he was ordered not to by his future self. The Dragon then explains to Rogue his self 7 years from the future summoned all those Dragons and wants to become the King and, although Rogue doesn't believe him at first, his shadow takes shape and tells him that it's true, and that he has a dark side. The Dragon then tells him to accept his dark side and let it take over and accept his future. As Rogue falls to the ground in confusion, Ultear watches him from nearby. Her eyes narrowed, "Rouge."

(FLASHBACK)

"Sora, hang in there!" Ultear urged as she tried to treat his wounds.

The Solar Dragon tried to get up, but Meredy protested, "You're too hurt to move yet!"

"No...L-Lucy was..."

To the two women's shock, Sora looked like he was about to break down crying, "Ugh...dammit..."

Ultear swallowed and tried to keep her voice even, "Who was that just now?"

Sora was silent for a moment, then got his emotions under control and sighed, "He said he was Rouge. From seven years in the future."

Ultear's eyes narrowed, "So, there was another person from the future..."

"What did he want?" Meredy asked.

"Who cares." Sora growled.

Meredy frowned, "Is he an enemy?"

Sora stiffened, "He killed Lucy...He's MY enemy."

Ultear looked thoughtful, "He's become quite a mage over the last seven years. Fortunately...there's a weakness we can exploit.."

"Meaning what?" Meredy asked.

"If we were to kill Rogue, then Future Rouge would cease to exist." Ultear replied.

"Forget it." Sora growled, "I'm going to destroy Future Rouge."

Ultear stared at him, "Don't let your rage consume you-"

"It's not that." he interrupted, "Future Rouge isn't Rogue. Even if you kill him, nothing will change. And Rogue hasn't done anything wrong. If we kill him, then we'll just go astray like Future Rouge has."

The Time Mage judged him for a while, then nodded, "Well said...you have my word. I won't lay a finger on Rogue."

(FLASHBACK END)

Ultear gazed over the devastated city, then focused on where she could see Rogue attacking the Water Dragon again. She shook her head, "There's not a choice anymore...Future Rouge is the sole trigger of everything that's happening. In other words, if he didn't exist, the gates would never have opened and the dragons would not have arrived."

Her eyes narrowed and a dark look came upon her as she stared across the city at the Shadow Dragon Slayer with lethal intent, "To return everything back to the way it was...killing Rogue is our best chance.

That's a wrap for this chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it. Next chapter will continue the battle with the dragons. Look forward to it. Comment on your favorite parts and don't forget to vote!

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