Clash of Dragons

Outside of Tully Village, Year-X784

Naruto blinked as he watched the pink haired boy. He was rather fit, sporting lean muscles that looked like he more built for speed and agility, but there was some strength in the boy's body as well. He wore a black vest which was trimmed with orange. He wore no shirt, so it revealed his torso and abdominal areas. He wore a pair of white, cotton pants and a pair of black sandals. A white muffler was worn around his neck and it sported a scale-like pattern on it. Natsu had dark coloured eyes with slitted pupils, another mark to show that he was one of the dragonslayers.

"So...who are you? You seem strong, wanna fight?" Natsu said getting into a fighting stance, fists raised.

"Natsuuuu..." Happy whined, "We have to finish the request and take care of that Devon Theft Family." Naruto raised an eyebrow at that.

"The Devon Theft Family, you say?" The blue Exceed nodded.

"Aye! We just received the request the day before and we were about to arrive, but Natsu got tired so we had to stop and rest." Happy explained. Naruto and Kurama looked at each other.

"Well, I'm afraid you came too late." Kurama said. Natsu and Happy looked at each other and then back at Naruto.

"Huh?" Natsu said dumbly, "What do you mean?"

"I mean that someone else already took care of those idiots. Slaughtered the entire Devon Theft Family as well as the dark guild they were in league with." The fox costumed cat explained. Natsu and Happy gaped in shock.

"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS?!" They exclaimed. The blonde nodded to his fellow dragonslayer.

"Yes. So just go back to Fairy Tail and tell them you came too late." Naruto said before turning around.

"Wait!" Natsu called out. Naruto turned back with a perplexed expression shown in his eyes.

"What?"

"Well, you seem really strong and since I have nothing else to do...wanna fight?" Naruto stared hard at the pink haired son of Igneel.

'Hmmm...I could test his strength. The child smells of fire...the son of Igneel.' Naruto thought before turning around.

"Alright, I'll grant you the ability to face me in combat." Naruto said. Natsu grinned widely as his fists suddenly ignited, surrounding themselves in bright orange-yellow flames.

"YOSH, I'm all fired up!" Natsu grinned toothily.

(Insert Music: Dragonslayer Theme)

Natsu leaped towards Naruto, fists ablaze.

"Karyu no Tekken/Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"Natsu declared before crashing the fist down upon Naruto. A large smoke cloud erupted from the point of contact and Natsu grinned.

"AYE SIR! GO NATSU!" Happy cheered for the son of Igneel. However, as the smoke cloud cleared, Natsu's and Happy's eyes widened to see Naruto was no longer there and Kurama was flying above Natsu's head.

"You're slow, Fire Dragon." Naruto stated coldly before kicking Natsu in the back sending the pink haired boy soaring through the air. Naruto then vanished into the wind and appeared in front of the fire dragonslayer and slammed his fist down on Natsu's head. The pink haired teenager was sent to the ground before Naruto grabbed Natsu by the back of his vest and threw him into a tree. Natsu released a cry of pain as he made contact with the bark before standing back up.

"You're...really strong." Natsu's fists blazed once more, "AWESOME!" Natsu inhaled deeply and Naruto smirked as he watched Natsu.

"Show me the power of Igneel, boy." Naruto muttered to himself as Natsu reared his head back.

"KARYU NO HOKO/FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!"A red magic seal appeared in front of Natsu as he unleashed a blazing inferno from his jaws. The tongue of flame sped towards Naruto and the Apocalypse Dragonslayer took the attack head on. Natsu grinned as he saw his opponent being engulfed by the flames.

"Alright, I got him." Natsu pumped his fist into the air in victory. However, the fires died down and Natsu's eyes widened when he saw Naruto standing with a shield of wind in front of him.

"Hmm...I expected more from you, son of Igneel." Naruto stated. Natsu's eyes widened.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW IGNEEL? DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?" Naruto didn't respond as he sent a blast of wind from his mouth and it impacted with Natsu's chest, knocking the air out of his lungs and sent the fire dragonslayer skidding backwards. Natsu coughed as he aimed to retrieve the air within his lungs. Naruto shook his head as he saw Natsu clutch his injured body.

"Pity, Natsu Dragneel. I thought Igneel-teme would have done a better job at raising his child." Natsu's body froze.

"What...did you call him?"

"Igneel-teme, a bastard of a fire dragon. Are you deaf?" Naruto asked. He then raised a curious eyebrow as Natsu's body became completely shrouded in fire, eyes seeming to glow red within the shroud.

"Do not insult Igneel...DO NOT INSULT MY FATHER!" Natsu roared before taking off towards Naruto and shot a fiery kick to Naruto's face.

"Karyu no Kagitsume/Fire Dragon's Claw!"Naruto easily dodged the straightforward attack by tilting his head, but Natsu suddenly rotated with the attack and went into a spin kick. Naruto ducked beneath it and grabbed Natsu's leg and threw him into the ground. However, the son of Igneel quickly recovered and shot a bicycle kick to Naruto's face.

The blonde leaned back and jumped over the sweep kick that followed after before deflecting the fist that the pink haired mage aimed for Naruto's stomach. Natsu jumped and slammed a flaming axe kick to Naruto's skull, but the Apocalypse Dragonslayer twisted his body to the side and the ground cracked from the impact Natsu made with the earth. Naruto slammed a straight kick to Natsu's face, but he remained stationary. A fact that caused Naruto to raise an eyebrow in confusion.

Natsu had raised his hand and blocked the kick before setting his hand ablaze. Naruto quickly swept his hand to the side as if he were slapping the air and a powerful gust of wind slammed into Natsu's body causing the seventeen year old's grip to weaken. Naruto pulled his boot free and patted the flames down and frowned when he saw the small burn on it. He watched as Natsu gathered flames in both of his hands.

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