No intro this time. I'm just not feeling it.

I will say that it was fun to write these fight scenes, but due to my weekend, I'm not so happy or inspired right now. Details on my profile.

I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, Hiro Mashima does. I own Kristallnacht and its members.

Erza and Pantherlily had walked down several corridors, and so far, nothing unusual had caught their attention.

Erza knew she should be more focused on the task at hand – finding and subduing the intruders that were terrorizing Capri Foglio – but her mind kept bringing her back to the lunch she and Natsu had shared earlier that day. After repressing her true feelings behind an abrasive personality for so long, it was still a shock to her that Natsu had returned those feelings.

"Jewel for your thoughts, Erza?" asked Lily.

"Huh?" said Erza distractedly before registering what the Exceed had said. "Oh, it's nothing, really. I was just thinking that things are too quiet."

"Well, I'm sorry we're not defeating swarms of monsters, then," said Lily jokingly.

Gajeel had told him in confidence about the dreams Natsu had been having about Erza. It made him think quite a bit, actually. Back in Edolas, the very idea of Natsu Dragion and Erza Knightwalker in a romantic relationship was laughable at best. But it had been seven years since he was sent to Earthland, even though it only felt like months due to Tenrou Island. That was plenty of time for the two to learn something from each other.

"You do, have a point, though," he said, continuing the conversation. "Between all of us, we should have at least some indication of where our targets might be."

Erza smiled. "I have the utmost confidence in every one of our teammates," said Erza with a smile. "We- kyaah!" She had fallen onto her bottom in a rather ungraceful fashion.

"Erza!" exclaimed Lily.

Erza stood back up, taking a good look at what she slipped on. "It's an arrow... made of ice," she whispered.

"Look," said Lily, gesturing ahead. Erza looked where Lily had indicated and saw several more arrows.

"This is obviously a trap," said Erza.

"Shall I find the others?" asked Lily.

Erza smiled what could only be considered a slasher smile. "What fun is a trap if you don't spring it?" she asked.

Lily gave a big grin of his own. "Erza, I like the way you think," he said. With that, the duo followed the arrows in anticipation of the oncoming fight.

Unbeknownst to them, an eyeball made of ice was secretly watching the exchange. This was Algor's Cold Stare spell allowing him to spy on Erza discreetly. Algor activated his telepathy.

"Erza is incoming," he said. "Do whatever it takes to keep her allies from assisting."

"Right," said Winry and Terris together. The link was cut, and Winry ordered her men to attack. The Kristallnacht mages cast various Ice-Make spells, ranging from gauntlets to ice knights.

Gajeel grinned. "And I was worried this was gonna be dull!" he said happily. "Iron Dragon's Sword!" Gajeel's entire forearm turned into a fine-toothed sword. Some of the ice creatures charged at Gajeel, and he beat them back with ease.

"You need to join the fight too, Wendy!" said Carla.

"Right!" replied Wendy. "Arms X Vernier!" Her arms and legs glowed, infused with the power of Sky magic. The mages with weapons charged at her, which she intercepted with speeding punches. Even so, they still kept coming.

"Carla! Get me into the air!" ordered Wendy. The Exceed grabbed Wendy's back and activated her Aera magic, lifting Wendy into the air.

"Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" Whirlwinds generated from Wendy's arms. "Spin!" she commanded. Carla spun Wendy around in circles, amplifying the winds from Wendy's attack. Many of the enemy mages were lifted off the ground and tossed around.

Suddenly, Wendy realized she had an ally on the ground. "Gajeel!" she called.

"I'm good!" replied the Iron Dragon Slayer, who had activated his Iron Dragon's Scales to resist Wendy's strong winds. "On three, we roar! One!"

"Two!" yelled Wendy.

"Three! Sky/Iron Dragon's Roar!" they said together. Between their blasts of air and iron, the Dragon Slayers swept the room until not a single member of Kristallnacht stood standing.

"And that's the end of that chapter!" said Gajeel confidently.

"Hmmph. What weaklings," said Carla.

"Wait... where's their leader?" asked Wendy.

"What- Gaaah!" screamed Gajeel as several ice arrows imbedded themselves in his back.

"Gajeel!" screamed Wendy. She looked at where Gajeel was shot from and saw Winry with a bow made of ice. Her body was flat, a sign that she had used Flattening magic to hide herself from the combined Dragon Roar assault.

"I'm fine!" growled Gajeel, pulling the arrows out with a grunt of pain. "They didn't get too deep. Hurts like a motherfucker, though."

"Just rest for a while," said Wendy. "I'll take it from here."

"Will you?" said Winry. "I don't care much for fighting children, but Algor's orders are absolute. I'm to stop all Fairies from coming to Erza's aid."

"Erza-san can take whatever your Algor can dish out," said Wendy. "I'm the same as her – a mage of Fairy Tail! For that reason... I'll definitely win!"

Winry laughed. "You'll definitely win?" she repeated. "Sorry, kid, but I'm twice the mage you'll ever be." She put her arms in front of her and shouted, "Ice-Make: Dragon!"

A large cloud of mist formed, and from it sprang a ten-foot-long serpentine dragon. The beast roared in fury, ready to serve its master.

Meanwhile, Natsu's team was struggling against Terris's forces. Natsu, Loke, and Capricorn were driving back the mages and their ice beasts, but they struggled to remain mindful of Lucy and Happy, who had no physical fighting capabilities to speak of, which wasn't to say Lucy hadn't tried. Unfortunately, her Fleuve D'etoile had been frozen solid, being made of water, and she just couldn't take on that many mages at one time.

"Dammit, this isn't working!" said Natsu angrily.

"Tell me about it!" agreed Loke. "It's all we can do to protect Lucy!"

Lucy narrowly avoided a cut from an ice sword. It was then that she got an idea. "Loke, charge an attack! Natsu, aim your Dragon Roar at Loke! Capricorn, we're gonna have to keep 'em busy!"

"Together, then, Lucy-sama," said Capricorn. He charged off into the fray, Lucy following behind with her standard whip.

"On my mark, Natsu!" said Loke. He held up his arm to the sky. "O Regulus! Grant me your power!" Loke's hand began to glow with yellow light. Natsu continued to beat back thugs and ice beasts until Loke said "Now!"

Natsu grinned. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" he yelled, letting loose a blast of fire at the Lion Spirit. The fire formed around Loke's fist, and that's when he sprang into action.

"Regulus Dragon Blaze!" announced Loke. He punched a nearby Kristallnacht member. The impact caused an explosion that engulfed the rest of the dark guild. When it faded away, all but Terris were unconscious.

"Huh. Guess your plan worked after all," said Natsu. Lucy smiled at the Dragon Slayer, slightly singed, but satisfied with the turnout.

"I... don't think you thought your plan all the way through, Lucy-sama," said Capricorn.

"What are you...?" Lucy started to ask, but stopped when she realized she was topless. "KYAAAH! Don't look at me!" she screamed.

"Why not? It's just boobs, right?" said Natsu nonchalantly.

Capricorn slammed Natsu facefirst into the wall. Meanwhile, Loke took off his jacket, his tie, and finally, his shirt, and gave the shirt to Lucy. "You can wear this for now," he said. "I must protect my lady's purity, after all."

"Trust me, Loke. Lucy's anything but pure," said Happy. "She writes poooorn."

"One sex scene does not equal porn!" Lucy ground out. Turning to Loke, she said, "Thank you." Loke just smiled at Lucy in reply.

Meanwhile, Natsu had wrenched himself out of Capricorn's grip and looked at Loke and Lucy. "You were right, Happy," he said. "They are doing it!"

"I know! Riiight?" trilled Happy.

"Wrong!" shouted Lucy.

A loud grunt captured the group's attention. Terris rose to his feet, having regained consciousness. "I swore to Algor that no one would come to Erza's aid!" he yelled. "I will kill you all to keep that promise!" He put his hands out in front of him and bellowed, "Ice-Make: Dragon!"

From a cloud of mist, a large serpentine dragon made entirely of ice formed. It roared with all its master's fury.

"This is the culmination of all my magic!" declared Terris. "None have lived to tell the tale of the ice dragon! None, I say! Ahahahahahahahahaha!"

Natsu stared down Terris and his ice dragon. The sooner he defeated this guy, the sooner he could help Erza.

"I'm all fired up," he said with a smirk.

And there you go. It actually feels good to get this done.

Also, I am aware of the Kristallnacht that occurred during WWII, and I don't mean to offend anyone by using the name. I just figured, given the roots of the term, it would make an ominous-sounding name for a dark guild full of ice mages. I should probably mention that I changed it from those three mages to an entire guild, since I figured that would make the fight scenes a little more dynamic, and by the time this goes up, I should have posted the edited versions of chapters 3 and 4 to reflect this change.

Well, I feel a little better, at least. See you all next chapter.