Fairy Tail {Lost Dragon Slayer}

Chapter 36 {Heart of Steel}

As Juvia and Gray finish their own battles... there are another 2 happening at still...

Natsu and Gajeel against Torafuzar and Tempester. The two sides face off, with the Demons entering their Etherious Forms while Natsu and Gajeel activate their dual element abilities. Rushing in to fight, the two Fairy Tail Mages initially put pressure on their opponents by relentlessly attacking them without giving them a chance to Counter...

Untill eventually the 2 Dragon slayers get too invested into their rivarly and end up punching each other in the faces...

Seeing this, Lucy expresses her disappointment while the two argue about their fight... Suddenly, Torafuzar activates his Curse Tenchi Kaimei, which envelops the vicinity in black water. Unable to use his fire and having swallowed some of the water which Torafuzar reveals to be poisonous...

Natsu is rendered unconscious alongside the women. Sealing his mouth shut, Gajeel attempts to battle with Torafuzar but finds himself unable to compete with the Demon's superior speed and power in his own element...

Despite using his shadow to land an attack, Gajeel finds his attempts unsuccessful in taking down the Demon and is attacked in turn. Viciously under assault and unable to breathe, Gajeel finds himself losing consciousness and slowly begins seeing a light. However, the light is reveals to be Levy's arrival, who performs mouth-to-mouth to resuscitate Gajeel with the air in her mouth, causing her to lose consciousness as well. Revitalized, and seeing Torafuzar head for Levy, Gajeel angrily attacks the Demon, telling him to stay away from her.

With the brief reprieve, Gajeel shakes Levy awake and tells her to make some more air, making her realize she could use her Solid Script Magic to do so. She makes an air bubble for the two, allowing them to breathe once again. Gajeel sends Levy on to help the others while he deals with Torafuzar. They fight once more but due to Torafuzar's ability to change the density of his body, Gajeel finds himself again at a disadvantage. Torafuzar mocks him and grabs him, commenting that the toxin in the water is hampering him and it will soon kill his friends. As Gajeel struggles in his grasp, he flashes back to before Phantom Lord's disbandment and remembers the words Belno spoke to him before flashing forward to when he found her dead and felt immense sorrow. Wanting to make Belno proud of him, Gajeel realizes that he has found a reason to live and Shortly activates his Dragon Force... causing his body to get covered in Steel scales and defeats Torafuzar in a swift slash, dispelling Tenchi Kaimei and saving everyone.

Weakened from having to use up his strength, Gajeel is nearly preyed upon by Tempester, however Gray arrives at the last second and, recognizing Tempester as being the one to poison Laxus and the others, swiftly freezes him with his new Ice Devil Slayer Magic, vowing to destroy Tartaros after doing so.

To be continued...