Chapter 22: Last Stand of the Steel Dragon

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Erza saw the blast out of the corner of her eye. Gohan and Laki were not moving at all. She flew up to catch them, but Treble stretched his arm and grabbed her.

"Your focus is here!" He slammed Erza into the ground repeatedly.

"I got this Erza!" Natsu came out of nowhere and leaped up. He caught them both, but their combined weight made him hit the ground hard. Laki woke up.

"What happened?"

"Either Gohan is bigger than I thought or you put on some weight," Natsu wheezed.

"Why would you ever say that to a girl!" Laki snapped.

"Hm, mortals always did find the silliest things to fight over," Shiripa landed behind them. Treble and Bass ran over and kneeled. "Go somewhere and watch, I need a warmup," The two Namekians flew up to a branch just behind the forcefield.

"I take it this is your true body," Erza said.

"What, jealous of my good looks?" Shiripa laughed as she cracked her knuckles.

"I don't care what you look like, your gonna need some facial surgery after I'm done with you!" Gajeel roared.

"Oh, Black Steel Gajeel wants to rumble?" He ran at Shiripa. "Iron Dragon Sword!" He slashed down but Shiripa leaped up, causing Gajeel to embed his sword in the ground. She landed on his head.

"Hm, all fire but no heat," She simply tapped her food on his head and sent him three feet into the ground. Gajeel clawed his way out. "Oh, there's the spirit of a Dragon Slayer."

"If you keep underestimating me, you'll regret it," Gajeel snarled. He ran at Shiripa again. She casually punched him. She quickly recoiled in pain. Gajeel had activated his Iron Scales before she hit him. "Told you," Gajeel started to pound Shiripa. She tried to knee him, but only hurt herself again. "Iron Dragon Claws!" Gajeel pinned her against a tree. "Iron Dragon ROAR!" Gajeel blasted the tree into a thousand fragments.

"What's happened?" Gray and Juvia ran over.

"Incoming!" Erza shouted. Everyone dove out of the way, except Juvia who got hit dead center by Gajeel. Shiripa stood where the tree was, without a scratch to be seen.

"Come on, this is hardly a warm-up," Shiripa sighed.

"Iron Dragon Lance: Demon Logs!" Shiripa blocked the spikes with one finger.

"Ice Make: Lance!" Shiripa waved her hand and redirected the spears into the ground.

"Water Slicer!" Shiripa just chopped through Juvia's attack.

"Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" Natsu hit Shiripa in the back. She flew right towards Videl, who kicked her back towards Natsu.

"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" He hit her right in the jaw.

"Ice Make: Hammer!" Gray smashed Shiripa into the ground. Erza leaped up in her Lightning Empress Armor and blasts her while she's still on the ground.

"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!" Natsu's attack detonates and causes a massive cloud of smoke. Everyone looks on.

"Did we get her?" Juvia asked. The smoke gets blown away, and Shiripa was still standing, unharmed.


"Now this is more like it!" She ran at Erza and threw her to the ground. She then grabbed her by the boot and tossed her into Natsu as he lunged at her. Shiripa quickly elbowed Gray as he tried to grab her and launched a few ki blasts at Juvia. Juvia just let them pass through her water body. Shiripa threw three more, but at the ground under her. The blasts caused a massive hole to open and bury Juvia. She leaned back as Gajeel slashed at her with his sword again. She stood on her hands, wrapped her legs around Gajeel's head, and flipped him over and buried his head into the ground. She hopped back onto her feet. "Ah, I haven't had this much fun in centuries! But alas, time to get to business," She walked over and picked up Erza by her throat. She held a ki orb to her face. "Time to snuff out your spark," Shiripa felt someone grab her shoulder.

"Care to repeat that?" Natsu growled. He pulled her hand away and kneed Shiripa hard in the back. She dropped Erza, and Natsu flipper her over his head and into a tree. She lunged at Natsu, but he managed to catch her fist. "Fire Dragon Flame Elbow!" Natsu boosted them into a cliff face. Natsu furiously attacked Shiripa, slowly digging a hole in the side of the cliff. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art, Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!" Natsu blasted her straight through the cliff. "Huh, huh, huh, Got her!" Natsu gasped. Shiripa appeared behind him.

"Oh yeah, you totally roasted her," She quickly chopped Natsu on the back of the neck and knocked him out. "Ugh, such a numbskull. Why can't there be more intelligent fighters?" Juvia reformed behind her and put her in a headlock.

"Now Gajeel!" He leaped out from the treeline.

"Dragon Slayer Secret Art, Karma Demon: Iron Dragon God Sword!" Gajeel formed the massive blade. Gohan snapped back awake and saw what was going on.

"Won't he slice her up too?"

"No, Juvia can turn her body into solid water to let attacks go through," Laki explained.

"TAKE THIS!!" Gajeel swung the sword, but shiripa just smiled and powered up and let the blade hit her purple aura. The blade shattered on impact and knocked Gajeel back. She let out more energy and forced Juvia off. She walked over and kneeled in front of Gajeel.

"Good attempt, but your dealing with a god here," She sent him flying with a flex of her finger.

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