Hey guys, it's finally here, the final chapter of The Sparring Tournament! I would like to thank everyone who followed this series, or reads it after this was finished, it really makes me happy when I get reactions to my fanfics, which, with this fic, was a lot of 'I can't wait to see the next battle!' and stuff like that, which I really liked ^^ So yeah, thanks a lot, and I hope you enjoy this last chapter!

Chapter Twelve: Grand Final! The Big Clash!

Final:

Roronoa Zoro (2) Vs. Natsu Dragneel (13) Vs. Naruto Uzumaki (23)

It was finally time, the moment of truth had arrived. The final battle of the sparring tournament was going to take place and everyone present was excited and they were dying to know who would emerge as the big victor.

The three remaining competitors, Zoro, Natsu and Naruto stood on the field, on an equally large distance from each other. All three of them had a determined look on their face, they absolutely wanted to win this.

Shikamaru looked at the trio. 'This is going to be one hell of a final battle.' He thought. 'Such a drag.' He continued in his mind. He then walked forward and spoke up, loud enough for everyone to hear. "Alright, time for the final match between Roronoa Zoro, Natsu Dragneel and Naruto Uzumaki!" he started, and Zoro, Natsu and Naruto got ready, taking their battle stances. "Begin!" Shikamaru exclaimed and jumped out of the way, which was a good idea, because the three fighters sped towards each other immediately.

Zoro took out his swords, Naruto took out a kunai and Natsu set his fists ablaze as they neared.

When they finally clashed, all three simultaneously, a large explosion shook the field, which made some of the smaller spectators, namely Chopper, Happy and Charle, topple over due to the sheer force.

Everyone had to shield their eyes, because rocks and dirt flew up because of the explosion, and when the smoke finally settled, Zoro, Natsu and Naruto all stood back where they'd started, but with a few scratches and bruises.

The three smirked and went at each other again, punching, kicking and slashing their opponents. Naruto managed to cut Natsu's shoulder with his kunai while the Dragonslayer punched Zoro in the face with his Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon and Zoro slashed Naruto's left leg. And so it went on for a while, with everyone hitting someone while that person was busy attacking the third one. They jumped back again and a battle with stronger attacks commenced.

Naruto was charging up a Rasengan, Zoro held his swords ready for an Onigiri and Natsu breathed in deeply for a Roar of the Fire Dragon.

Naruto sped towards Zoro with his Rasengan once it was ready and Zoro also ran towards him to perform his own attack. As the two reached each other and were about to hit one another, Natsu launched his own attack, a huge blast of fire heading straight towards them. Zoro and Naruto turned jumped over the attack and hit each other in midair, both landing a successful attack. Zoro slashed across Naruto's chest and the Shinobi launched Zoro with his Rasengan, which left a mark on the swordman's stomach. Natsu saw this as the perfect chance and hit Naruto with a Wing Attack of the Fire Dragon, sending him flying for a few metres. He then turned to his right, where Zoro was, just in time to see the pirate running towards him, his swords at the ready.

The other Fairy Tail mages gasped, fearing that their friend was going to get hit, but they soon let out a sigh of relief when they saw their pink-haired friend blocking the attack with a burning fist just in time. It still managed to cut into his hand a bit however. Natsu whinced and used his free hand to attempt to punch Zoro in the stomach, but the ex-pirate hunter blocked his with one of his unoccupied swords, slightly cutting into that hand as well.

The two heard a 'poof'-sound a few metres away from them, and turned their heads, only to see an army of at least 200 Narutos flying towards them.

"Shit!" Zoro cursed and he and Natsu jumped back and each started to fend off the incoming clones.

"Wow, that is one hell of a battle…." Edward uttered while watching the three fight.

"Yeah…" Winry agreed curtly, being too concentrated on watching the fight to give a longer answer.

The same went for everyone, because it was now very quiet at the sidelines, everyone wondering what was going to happen next and who was going to win it all.

After half an hour of intense battle, Zoro, Natsu and Naruto stood a few metres away from each other, breathing heavily and covered in bruises, cuts and scrapes. Suddenly, much to everyone's surprise, the three started laughing out of nowhere, even Zoro. They hadn't fought such an exciting battle in a long time.

"Alright you guys…" Naruto started, in between breaths. "Let's settle this…"

"Sounds like a plan…" Zoro agreed.

"Maybe we should make it even more fun…" Natsu brought out. "We could just….launch one more attack that can….hit the two others and the one who hits the others the hardest…wins…"

"Good idea Natsu…" Naruto uttered, still breathing heavily.

"Let's do this…" Zoro spoke up again and the three got ready for the last attack.

Naruto charged another Rasengan, Zoro held his swords ready for Hyakuhachi Pound Ho and Natsu got ready for his Wing Attack of the Fire Dragon.

They shouted out the names of their attacks as loudly as they could and launched them, creating a big explosion like at the beginning of the battle, dust and rocks flying everywhere and smoke shielding the three fighters from view.

After a minute, the smoke settled, and everyone squinted their eyes to attempt to see who was still standing. Soon enough, they could see that the one who was still standing was none other than…

Natsu

"The winner of the final round and of the entire tournament is Natsu Dragneel." Shikamaru announced.

The other members of Fairy Tail started cheering loudly when they saw that their guildmate was the winner.

Natsu leaned back and fell down into the grass. He started laughing again. He'd won.

The Dragonslayer pumped a fist in the air and screamed from the top of his lungs: "HELL YEAH!"

Well, that's it, the winner has been decided: None other than Natsu ^^ I hope it was an exciting battle, because personally, I think I wrote it too short, but it was very difficult to write to be honest, so I hope it's good enough :) And with this, I've finished the fic, which now is the first series I've finished :D Now that this series is over, I'm going to start on my next fic, a One Piece fic called 'Impel Down Outbreak'. If you want to know what it's about, you can check out the journal with all the fanfics I'm going to write on DeviantArt.

See you next time!

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