Chapter 3

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  Time skip to Phantom Arc

  As Gray and Erza stood there with Lucy and Happy off to the side, the Iron dragon slayer was standing in front of them. Smirking. "To be honest, I'm kinda shocked that Natsu isn't here." Gajeel said as he stared at the two in front of him. Gray, Erza, and Happy all looked at him shocked, while Lucy looked at him confused. "How Do You Know Natsu!!" Erza demanded as she pointed her sword at him. "Let's just say... We're old buddies." Gajeel said shrugging and looking away slightly. "W-who's Natsu?" Lucy asked.

  Gray and Erza looked over at her. "He's nobody you should concern yourself with knowing." Gray said looking away from her and back at Gajeel. "Gajeel! Prepare for a fight you won't forget!" Gray yelled as he ran toward Gajeel putting his hands in the proper position. "Happy! Get Lucy out of here!!" Erza demanded as she ran toward Gajeel with Gray. "Aye ma'am!" Happy solutided as he picked Lucy up and flew her off. "Wait! Gray and Erza need our help!" Lucy yelled as she tried to get out of the cats's grip. "No!! I lost one friend, and I Won't lose another!!" Happy declared as they flew off. 'Did Happy just call me... His Friend?' Lucy thought as she looked up at the cat in disbelief.

  "Ice make, cage!" Gray yelled as he formed a cage around Gajeel. "Well, isn't this roomy." He said as he just stood there. "Tell us how you know the Flamebrain." Gray said as he stood in front of the cage. "Or be prepared for a battle you won't be coming back from." Erza threatened as she stood next to Gray. "Fine,I've known Salamander since we were little kids. We kinda grew up together for a while." Gajeel said, with his smirk never leaving his face. "That's impossible! We've known Natsu since he was ten!" Erza said with her sword up and pointed at him. "Ever think about Before he was ten?" Gajeel asked, "I met Salamander when we were five... or was it six?" He finished looking down in deep thought. Erza just stared at him. Sure, when Natsu was still around he never really talked about his past, other then being raised by Igneel. Gray didn't believe Gajeel, Natsu said he grew up in a forest, no where near any form of civilization. It was impossible to believe that this metal head meet Natsu when they were small.

  "Oh well, let's get this fight started" Gajeel said as he turned his hand into a iron claw and shoot it up into the ceiling of the cage, then broke out of the ice when he turned his feet into iron. When he landed, he shouted "Iron Dragon Club!!" and a iron club came out of his hand and it went to hit both Gray and Erza. It missed Erza, but landed a direct hit on Gray, sending him flying into the wall.

  Erza requiped into her dark wing armor and went flying toward Gajeel. "Aaaaa" Erza screamed. Gajeel just side stepped and kicked her away, but Gray shot ice lances at him and successfully they hit their target. Gajeel grunted as he slid back a bit. By that time, Erza recovered and successfully making a hit on Gajeel's left arm with her sword. He then smirked as he grabbed her sword and pulled it up to his mouth. Erza and Gray watched in shock as Gajeel bit down on the sword and started eating it. "H-how can you do that!?!" Gray yelled at him when Gajeel was done eating. "All dragon slayers can eat their element. For Salamander it was fire, and for me. It's all things with steel or iron." Gajeel said with a smirk.

  Gajeel then gathered magic into his mouth, and before Gray and Erza could prepare themselves, he let loose his magic while saying "Iron dragon, roar". It hit Gray and Erza right on, and sent the both of them flying back. "To bad Natsu isn't here anymore, he would be a slightly better match for this guy." Gray said. "What do you mean by 'anymore'?" Gajeel asked, stopping for a moment. "Well, sorry to tell you this, but Natsu is dead. He died two years ago." Erza explained with a look that made you think she was about to cry. Gajeel looked at them with a shocked expression. "Y-your, joking. You Have To Be Joking!!" Gajeel yelled with tears in his eyes.

  "Sorry, but its true." Gray said. Gajeel just looked down and started to growl, until he shot his head up and yelled "NO!! Your Just Trying To Trick Me!!! No Way Is Natsu DEAD!!". Gajeel then leaped in front of Gray and threw a punch at him, making him slam into a wall and fall unconsis. Gajeel then went after Erza, who blocked his fist and after she recovered went after Gajeel. "Look, i'm sorry we were the ones to tell you! But we are Not lying!" Erza yelled as she requiped into a outfit fit to fight hand to hand.

  Gajeel just growled more and went after Erza again. "No! Natsu can't die! That Flame head has never been taken down that easily!" Gajeel argued back as they started to fight with fists and kicks. "Gajeel, Listen! Do you really think that me and Gray would lie about something like that?!" Erza yelled as they continued to fight. "I don't care! If he's dead, then we all might as well be dead!" Gajeel counted back, making Erza look at him confused. "What do you mean?", "That is something you can't know about!" Gajeel shouted as he kicked Erza away, "Lets just say it's dragon slayer business!".

  Erza was even more confused. "Wait, there are more dragon slayers?" Erza asked the iron slayer. "So what if there are. That's our need to know for now!" Gajeel yelled. Erza then lunged for him again and kicked him into the wall. "Listen here Gajeel! You have destroyed our guild hall and members. But since Natsu knew you, he would want to form a truce. So either stay down, or fight me and get a bloody beat down." Erza demanded at him. Gajeel just spit onto the floor and glared at the girl. "I Never back down from a fight. Never did with Salamander, and I won't with you!" He declared as he lepted at her. Gajeel and Erza rolled around while punching each other.

  While they where punching each other out, Gray lazily woke up and opened one eye. He saw Erza and Gajeel fighting to a draw. He clumsily got up and yelled at Erza to get away from Gajeel. When she did, Gray put another cage around Gajeel. Gajeel just smirked and did the same thing as last time, only this time Erza was ready and did the finally blow to Gajeel's face. He went flying and got slammed into the wall. Gajeel yelled out in pain and slumped down, he was defeated by both Gray and Erza.

  Once they saw that he was not getting up, Erza fell to her knees and Gray fell onto his back. "Gajeel, how many dragon slayers are there?" Erza asked in between breaths. "I don't fully know. Considering that Natsu is, as you said, dead. Anyone of them could also be dead." Gajeel said, not bothering to get up. "Hey, how did you really meet Natsu?" Gray asked as he rolled over onto his stomach. "We meet when we were five or six years old, and got separated when we were nine years old." Gajeel answered, looking away. "That is not what I asked." Gray demanded, Gajeel just sighed and decided to tell them. "We meet when all of our dragons had a meeting to do together. My first impression of him was, 'Why the hell does that kid have pink hair?', and when our dragons went away from us to discuss stuff, me and him just started to fight.

  "I don't remember who started it, but we were fighting each other until one of us would drop. When we were almost done, we heard someone crying. We looked over and saw that it was one of the other dragon slayers, begging us to stop. After that, our dragons started to have more and more meetings, that they barely ever had time to teach us the human stuff. So they got us a teacher and those were the only times we ever saw each other." Gajeel finished.

  Erza and Gray looked at him in disbelief. What he just told them, was something Natsu never told them while he was alive. "I know you don't believe me, but it's the truth. We were sworn to keep it a secret. So Natsu didn't tell you about it." Gajeel answered their thoughts. "Then why are you telling us this?" Erza asked looking at the iron dragon slayer. "Without one of us, the plan is a utter failure. We lost." Gajeel said as he looked up at the sky. 'Sorry Anna, we failed you.' he thought.

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A/N:Hi, Doghawk1 here. I know, the fighting is kinda of a let down. The again, I was never good at writing action scenes. Just a weakness of mine. But I tried my best, and that's all that matters. What do you think about Gajeel knowing everything from their past. Actually, All of the dragon slayers know about their past. And, Yes, the Galuna arc did happen, just imagine that it was Happy who stopped Gray from using Iced shell. Like kicking him and telling him that Natsu wouldn't want him dead. Know, Gray did fight Juvia and Erza did fight Aria, but Gray and Mira finished off the jupiter cannon and Mira won against Sol. Anyway, I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL!!! I ONLY OWN THIS STORY!!!! Hope you enjoyed, Bye;)

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