"Come on..keep moving!!" Lyon said as he supported the injured Chelia Blendy through the wrecked streets of Fulmen.
"W-we underestimated him." said Chelia. "How can somebody take so many hits...and brush it off like it's nothing?"
"The important thing now is to get to where Jura is." said Lyon. "Right now, he's the only guy I can think of that would be able to-"
"CRASSSSHHHH!!!!" There was an explosion of rock and dust as Gore Beastwalker burst through several buildings and stood in Lyon's way.
"How annoying.." said Gore. "I can't believe I had to chase you all this way...stupid. You two are nothing like the one who defeated me...that Laxus could have put up a fight..why couldn't he have come?"
"Jeez.." said Lyon. "Isn't this guy one hell of a complainer..."
Gore lumbered forward and raised his fist. "Massive Quake of The Earth God!!"
Gore slammed his fist against the ground, causing a black shockwave to erupt from the earth and shake the ground with tremendous power. Lyon and Chelia were both blasted back by the powerful move.
"Darn it.." said Lyon.."Why can't I summon magic anymore?"
"He's driven us to our limits.." said Chelia. "Erza said once that happens, Gore can drain the magic out of us and add it to his own."
"You are correct Sky God Slayer.." said Gore. "I am ashamed to have fought you though...for a God Slayer...you were pathetically weak."
Gore raised his fist. "Die..and assault me with this boring fight no more."
Gore brought his fist down like a speeding freight train. However, there was the sound fists hitting rock, as two iron hard rock pillars erupted in front of Gore's fist and protected Lyon and Chelia from harm.
"What?" said Gore. "What is this?"
"It's called the old switcheroo." said a voice from behind Gore. "I'm your opponent now."
Gore turned around to find Jura Neekis walking towards him, bathed in a powerful magic aura and emitting a pressure that shook the ground with every step.
"Iron Rock Jura..." said Gore. "Your magic energy...it seems similar to Laxus...most intriguing..."
"I hear you like to fight powerful opponents." said Jura. "Well so do I... In fact, I'm currently feeling very excited about this particular fight. Your skin itself, I can see it's more durable then even my Iron Rock Pillars."
"So you aren't prone to underestimating your opponent.." said Gore. "And to top it off, you are a Wizard Saint...very well, I shall gladly accept your challenge."
In a lightning quick move that should have been way too much for his size, Gore moved in on Jura and let out an earth shattering punch at his face. Jura moved forward and blocked the punch with a punch of his own.
A shockwave erupted in between the two fists as the magic energy in the air began to make a trembling noise.
"Iron Rock Wall!!" A bunch of closely packed rock pillars erupted in front of Gore as he prepared his attack.
"Beast Run of The Earth God!!" Gore shoulder tackled the wall, leaving black shockwaves in the wake of his feet as he charged. The Iron Rock Wall shattered the moment it made contact with Gore's shoulder.
Gore looked around the rubble, but Jura had dissapeared. Suddenly, Jura came up from behind Gore and thrust his two fingers at Gore. Immediately, a gathering of massive boulders soared at Gore and smashed him against the ground.
Gore burst out of the avalanche of rock easily. He opened his fanged mouth. "Deathly Whisper Of The Earth God!"
A cyclone of rock, dirt, and blackish energy blasted out of Gore's mouth.
"Rock Mountain!" Jura clasped his hands together, and imediately he was shielded by a massive building sized rock man looking statue with with glowing eyes and armor.
When the roar attack dissipated, Jura charged forward at Gore with his fists ready. Gore, noticing this, smashed his fist into the ground. "Earthen Warriors Of The Earth God..."
A massive calvary of stone monsters on rocky mounts of all shapes and sizes erupted out of the rubble and charged at Jura.
Jura charged through the stone warriors, smashing each and every one of them with his bare fists. Jura then raised his hands and thrusted his fingers at Gore again, causing the rocks from the destroyed warriors to fly at Gore.
"Supreme King Rock Crush!!" The rocks all converged on Gore, and before long he was covered in boulders. Jura concentrated as waves of golden energy eminated from the ground around him.
Two massive hands of golden light phased out of the ground around Gore and slammed together, crushing the rocks into him.
Suddenly there was an explosion of rubble, and Gore burst out. Gore ran at Jura and slammed his fist against Jura's face, causing him to fly and tumble into the ground before creating a crater in a ruined house.
Jura staggered out of the rubble and wiped a bit of blood from his grinning mouth. "Laxus was right...you are tough."
"I am glad you have survived this long." said Gore. "Usually those who have survived the first 5 minutes of a fight with me turn out to be quite worthy opponents."
"Same here." said Jura. "But it looks like right now a battle against magic moves is getting us nowhere...how about I see what you're all about in hand to hand combat!?"
"Hmph...it would be a pleasure." said Gore readying his fists.
And so the two combatants ran at each other and exchanging blow after blow. Gore would punch Jura which would result in an uppercut from the other side and so on.
Jura then changed up the pattern a bit by jumping onto Gore's massive arm when Gore made to punch again. He ran up onto Gore's back and brought his hands together in a powerful overhead blow in the top of Gore's head.
Gore fell chin forward into the ground as a shockwave eminated from the earth around him. Gore didn't stay down long though. He got up easily again and picked Jura off his back with one massive hand.
Gore threw Gore into the ground and then stomped on him with a massive foot. He continued to stomp on Jura for a minute before Jura stopped Gore's foot with one hand and then threw the massive monster man headfirst into a building which collapsed on top of Gore.1
Gore burst out of the dust cloud that resulted and punched Jura right in the side of the head. The powerful blow caused Jura to buckle and collapse onto the cobblestone road.
Jura then rolled out of the way as Gore tried to let out another fist at his face. He then jumped up and headbutted Gore straight in his head, causing Gore to stagger back slightly.
"How was that!?" said Jura with a grin.
"You...you are the strongest in your guild...aren't you..?" said Gore. "You have earned that reputation well, Jura Neekis. But it ends here."
"I couldn't agree more..." said Jura. Jura pointed his fingers at Gore and a massive pillar erupted out of the ground with a rock fist on the end. The Iron Rock Fist came at Gore who shattered the fist with his bare hand and chared at Jura bathed in dark energy.
"Earthen Beast of the Earth God!!"
Gore smashed straight into Jura. A shockwave erupted from the ground where the two bodies met. And Jura was thrown high into the sky as Gore opened his mouth. "Deathly Whisper Of the Earth God!!"
A blast of dirt and rock exploded against Jura in mid air as Jura fell to the ground.
Jura fell in an explosion of dust. However, the Wizard saint was durable. Jura came out of the crater, riding on a wave of Iron Rock Fists which instantly crashed into Gore. Jura then thrust out his fingers as he jumped off the pillars. "Supreme King Rock Crush!!"
The pillars immediately broke apart into rubble which converged into Gore as the two massive light hands burst out of the ground and clapped the rocks into Gore.
Like before, Gore burst out of the move, taking minimal damage from the powerful blow. "You won't take me that easily."
Gore then slammed his fists against the ground. "I think it is time you felt true unbridled strength."
Gore's body became even more massive as he became covered in fur. His fangs became more canine and his hands grew claws and became more paw-like. Eventually, the heavilly scarred bear that Gore had used to survive Mystia's most powerful move stood before Jura.
"You will feed me.." said Gore. "Your flesh shall satisfy me beyond belief."
Gore swiped his paw at lightning quick speed into Jura. Jura flew away like a bullet from the blow and massive dust clouds trailed through the city as Jura crashed through the entire city.
Gore ran on all fours through the wreckage and pounced at Jura. Jura rolled aside as over 20 metric tons of bear crashed into the ground next to him. (For a good size comparison at how big Gore is right now, consider that a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 6.8 metric tons.)1
Jura stood to face the ginormous bear with his fists clenched. "Hmm...Laxus didn't say anything about this."
"I was forbidden from using too much of my power at the time." said Gore. "But now I have been given full permission to fight with all my power."
Gore raised his paw. "Survival of the fittest, that's what this battle has boiled down to."
Gore swiped at Jura again who dodged with a roll. "Dang Laxus, how did you beat this guy?"
Gore roared and chomped at Jura with his deadly jaws. Jura dodged again, barely able to get out of the way in time.
"Well, if you want a real party." said Jura. "I guess I have no choice but to entertain your request."
Jura clasped his hands together as magic energy began to eminate from him with amazing power. "RUMBLING MT. FUJI!!!!"
A massive beam of light engulfed Gore Beastwalker from the ground up. The move was so powerful that the clouds in the sky parted from the sheer force.
Jura narrowed his eyes and stared through the dust. "Did I get him?"
Suddenly a ginormous paw came out of the dust cloud and smacked Jura through the city again. Gore roared and charged through the city, his back now had a new large scar.
Gore got up on his hind legs and swung his paws in heavy strikes at Jura before he could get up. Swinging like a pro boxer.
"That hurt you runt.." said Gore as he continued to pound Jura. "I will show you no more leniency"
Gore continued to pound Jura. Had he not been so focussed on his opponent...he might have noticed the strange scent that was coming from behind him. Suddenly a familiar lookin man leapt up to right behind Gore's head. The man known as Gildarts Clive smashed his fist into Gore's head and slammed him into the ground with an earth shattering shockwave.1
"Oops.." said Gildarts. "Did I do that?"
"Y-You!" Gore stuttered in shock. "You're one of Fairy Tail!!"
"That's right." said Gildarts. "Sorry it took me so long to get here...but I'm not as young as I used to be..."
Gore roared with rage and swiped a paw at Gildarts. Gildarts leapt off of Gore and dodged the blow. He then ran forward and slammed his fist straight into Gore's face, causing Gore to fly in a massive fur ball barrage right into the courtyard of the palace nearby.
"You..." said Gore getting up with difficulty. "I won't let you interrupt my battle..."
Gildarts grinned as he walked into the courtyard. "I'm sorry...but when people like you try to hurt others...I can't help but make a lot of unnecessary interuptions."
"Gildarts!" Jura had finally made it to his feet. "Careful, this guy is tough, he took my Rumbling Mt. Fuji with only that scar on his back to show for it."
"Hmmm...really?" said Gildart. "At least this fight might not be boring.."
"Do you wish to belittle me?" said Gore, his fangs bared in anger at having his battle interrupted so soon.
"No..." said Gildarts. "I'm just pleased that I finally have such a challange before me. Gore Beastwalker was it? I see the man has finally revealed the 'beast' part of your name."
"Shut up!!!" Roared Gore as he swiped his paw at Gildarts. Gildarts thrust a hand out and caught the paw by one claw. He then threw Gore into the air by the claw. Gore crashed into a palace wall which completely collapsed.
"Hmm...maybe I was wrong about this being a challenge." said Gildarts. "How dissappointing."
"DIE!!!" Gore charged out of the rubble and lumbered at Gildarts with his jaws opened wide.2
"I think it's time I ended this." said Gildarts. Gildarts raised his hand and touched Gore's snout, immediately there was blast of light and Gore fell onto his back in an impressive display and became unconscious.
"And there you have it.." said Gildarts with a small smile.
Jura walked over and looked at the unconscious Gore Beastwalker while shaking his head. "It took me so much effort just to give him a scar...and you took him down in about 5 minutes."
"Well to be fair, you did soften him up for me." said Gildarts. "What's the situation so far?"
"As far as we can tell, Diablo is the only one left that needs taking down." said Jura. "A friend of ours confronted him...but we don't know what the result of the battle was."
"Hmmm..." Gildarts closed his eyes for a moment to think. "I take it Accelerator has been acting as sort of a messenger on the field?"
Jura took out a walkie talkie and showed it to Gildarts. "Yeah...sorry though, I don't have an extra."
"No worries." said Jura. "But I would like you to convey a message."
"Sure.." said Jura. "What's the message?"
Gildart's eyes lit up. "Tell everyone..that the dragons are coming."