Fairy Tail Plays Squash the Tomato
Hola minna!
This is my first fanfiction, and I hope y'all enjoy.
Squash the Tomato is a game that me and my friends play at our neighborhood park. Basically, you find a slide (not a tunnel slide, just a regular slide), and someone sits at the very bottom. This person is the "tomato", and the rest of us take turns sliding down the slide, with our legs hanging off one side (so we basically slide down sideways). It's a kinda difficult to explain, but the objective is to one by one slide down, and trying to push the tomato off the slide. The idea came to me, and I thought it would be funny if Fairy Tail tried playing this game.
May or may not be very subtle ships **wink wink nudge nudge** :)
In case you were wondering, my ships:
Gajevy, Jerza, Nalu, Gruvia Rowen (these are the ones I'm including)
**Trust me, if I owned Fairy Tail, there'd be a LOT more ship moments. For now, we'll have to make do with what Hiro Mashima has given us.**
It was just another day at guild, loud and rambunctious. Walking in, Lucy swiftly dodged a flying table, which crashed into the road outside leading into the guild halls. Before Lucy joined Fairy Tail, she would have been scared out of her mind, but now flying tables and chairs were now a regular occurrence for her. She smiled softly to herself, walking up to the bar.
"Mirajane, could I get a latte? Natsu kept me up all night. He's not exactly a peaceful sleeper."
Mirajane giggled. She was surprised Lucy even let Natsu stay in her house that night, Natsu had come in earlier, complaining about how he couldn't fall asleep last night. She got to work on Lucy's latte, remembering to add her double shot of expresso. "So you didn't actually kick him out last night, huh?" Mira mused.
Lucy sighed, recalling last night's endless bouts of kicking and flailing. No doubt another nightmare, and she really didn't have the heart to kick him out. The ground also wasn't an option because he had taken all the blankets, Lucy couldn't bear the chilly autumn gusts at night. Instead, she opted to sleep by the dragon slayer, his body naturally radiated warmth and she found it pleasantly warm. She was definitely not prepared for the restless squirming and kicking though, and had ended up sleeping on the floor anyway. Or rather, lying on the floor, wide awake. "Well, he had already crashed at my place when I got home, and he was having a nightmare. I really didn't have the heart to kick him out." Lucy replied, being careful to leave out any and all parts of the story where there was physical contact between her and Natsu. Mira was known throughout the Magic world as the "She-Devil", but among Fairy Tail's ranks, she was the "Demon Matchmaker".
Mira handed Lucy her latte. "Speaking of Natsu, where is he today? Shouldn't he already be at the guild, starting another reckless fight?" Lucy asked.
"Well actually, he went out earlier with Wendy, Romeo, Carla, and Happy to the park nearby. I guess they wanted to play and Natsu was dragged along by Happy. That poor cat will go to extreme measure just to be with Carla."
Lucy laughed at this. It was strange, none of their team seemed to be at the guild today. "Come to think of it, where is the rest of the team?"
Mira's brow furrowed. "Didn't you hear? Erza and Gray went out on a job when you, Natsu and Happy were gone. Oh wait, you guys just got back yesterday, didn't you?"
Now it was Lucy's brow that furrowed. "Erza and Gray? Seems like kind of a weird combination, huh? I've never seen them on jobs together. I wonder how it turns out." Mira shrugged.
Lucy sat at the bar, sipping her coffee and talking with Mirajane and Lisanna. She said hi to Levy as she walked in with Jet and Droy, followed by Gajeel and Lily. When she finished, she realized that there wasn't much to do today, at least not with Natsu pulling her away on another job or with Erza around. Everyone else in the guild seemed preoccupied. Macao and Wakaba were sitting at a table, laughing about some story Max was telling. Nab was staring at the request board, as usual. The Thunder Legion was whispering in hushed voices while Elfman was talking about manliness in a not-so-hushed voice. Levy was occupied with Jet and Droy. Heck, even Gajeel and Lily were preoccupied, even if he was just sitting in the corner, munching on a piece of scrap iron. She realized how bored she was without the rest of the gang here.
"Hey Mira, where was that park where Natsu, Wendy, and Romeo are at?"
Mira smiled softly. "I know, it gets boring around here without Natsu or the others around, huh? Well it should be a few blocks down from here. Once you exit the guild, walk straight until you've passed 3 streets, the turn left and you should see it."
Lucy was already heading out the door. "Thanks Mira-chan!"
Lucy followed Mira's instructions until she came across a big playground, where she immediately spotted her pink-haired friend, sitting atop the swing pole, grinning gleefully. She then noticed the two younger mages, sitting in the swings beneath him, looking very uncomfortable. The two exceeds were swinging merrily in the baby swings.
"Hey! Luce! What's up?" The pink haired mage seemed very content, staying on his little "perch". Lucy said, "Well apparently, you!" Natsu hopped off the swing pole, almost kicking Wendy in the process.
"Kya!"
"Look out Wendy!" Luckily, Romeo had tackled her out of the swing, whilst Natsu's foot was caught in the chain and he fell flat on his face.
"Oi, that was painful." Lucy rolled her eyes, about to say something when she was interrupted by a very distraught Carla.
"Oh my….what is this APPALLING SIGHT?!" Everyone whipped around, and suddenly all the attention was direct to the two teens. While Natsu was complaining, no one took notice to the fact that Romeo had toppled over on top of Wendy in his attempt to move her out of harm's way. Both were now frozen in place, extremely flustered. Everyone else was simply gaping at the two, mouths dropped.
Wendy let out a high pitched squeak, and Romeo quickly pushed himself off of her, then sheepishly smiled at her while helping her up.
"ROMEO! What have you done to my poor, innocent Wendy? Goodness!" Carla was shocked and upset, babbling on and on about how Wendy was much too young for any of this, and how Romeo was going to contaminate her and corrupt her with his inappropriate advances. Happy was trying to soothe the white exceed, doing very little to actually stop Carla from going crazy.
Luckily, Gray, Erza, and...Jellal? Three figures were walking towards them. As they grew closer, Lucy noticed that it was in fact Gray and Erza, as well as a cloaked figure. She then recognized the familiar blue hair and smiled.
"Oi! Erza! What are you and the ice princess doing here? Mirajane said you guys were on a job."
Erza simply replied, "We came back. And since you guys were at the park, we decided we could come and relax a bit."
Lucy coughed. "Ahem. Not to be rude, but what's Jellal doing here?"
Jellal's independent guild, Crime Sorciere, was now declared innocent, and they were no longer being hunted, thanks to a certain redhead that had spent her savings on buying them out of custody.
"Oh, me? Well I ran into Erza and Gray on my way to Magnolia. I was coming to study some suspicious activity in a nearby village, so Erza offered to let me stay with Fairy Tail awhile."
Lucy smirked knowingly, noticing the oh-so-faint blush adorning Erza's cheeks.
"Alright, so when do the fun and games begin?" Gray asked.
"Hmm, we haven't actually played anything yet. How about hide and seek?" Wendy suggested.
"Naw, I think the park's too small for the game to go on for long." Romeo suggested. Wendy simply blushed and pouted.
"Woodchips?" Natsu said.
"Well that'll be easy, considering we don't ever have to touch the ground!" Happy said gleefully.
"That would give them the unfair advantage, Wendy and Carla as well." Lucy responded.
"I know just the thing!" Erza's eyes glinted. Jellal was becoming slowly concerned for the game they were about to play.
"Squash the tomato? What the hell is that?" Gray asked.
"Squash the Tomato was one of my favorite games, granted I've only played a few times at birthday parties. First we need to find a suitable slide." Erza scanned the park, before spotting a long blue slide that curved to the right.
"This will do nicely. So I will start at the bottom of the slide, positioning myself like so." Erza put her butt on the slide, then turned her body so it was facing sideways instead of forwards. She then proceeded to swing her legs over the side of the slide so they were dangling off the edge.
"Alright, what now?" Jellal asked. "Jellal, climb to the top where the slide starts, and position yourself like I have. Then slide down next to me." Erza instructed.
Jellal was confused, but reluctantly obeyed, swing his legs over the slide and then sliding down, ramming into Erza.
"That's it! Look, you've already got the hang of it. The objective is for each person to come down as fast as they can, as hard as they can, and the game is over when you've successfully squashed the person at the bottom off the slide. That's why it's called "Squash the Tomato". Erza looked quite proud after explaining.
"ALRIGHT! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu scrambled to the top.
"Hold it, Flamebrain. Shouldn't we go heaviest to lightest? We don't want anyone to be squashed. Lemme down first." Gray said.
"Who says you're heavier huh? I have more muscle, which obviously means I am heavier." Natsu quibbed.
"OH YEAH? YOU WANNA GO, FIREBREATH?"
"I'LL TAKE YOU ANYTIME, POPSICLE!"
Before the boys could break out into another brawl, Erza screamed. "BOTH OF YOU! THIS IS MY GAME, AND I DO NOT INTEND ON HAVING YOU RUIN IT FOR ME! GRAY! GET YOUR ICY ASS DOWN HERE!"
Both gulped, remembering the last time Erza beat them up.
"Aye." Natsu said weakly.
Gray scrambled into the slide, and pushed himself, ramming directly into Jellal.
"Ouch!" Jellal cried as Gray's body made impact. Erza just glared, before gripping the slide tighter.
"HERE I COME!" Natsu leaped, before twisting his body into position, and crashed into Gray.
"AGH!" Jellal cried, being in the middle was not fun, he had decided. How Erza managed to hold her ground was beyond him. He was squeezed directly against Erza, which made him blush, but her armor was poking him and Gray was also squished directly against him so he simply sucked in a big breath.
"Lucy's next!" Natsu exclaimed.
"She's so heavy, I bet she'll smush all of you!" Happy yelled.
"Oh shut it, cat." Lucy was going down the slide, but wearing a skirt made it difficult. Her legs rubbed against the slide, slowing her down a great deal. She then slipped and fell face first into Natsu.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH LONGER" Jellal screamed.
Romeo then slid down, pushing Lucy further into Natsu. Jellal's eyes were bulging. Gray was now in pain as well, his face wan. Erza grunted, but was getting frustrated.
"WENDY! We're counting on your weight to bring Erza DOWN!"
"I'll try my best, Natsu-san!" Carla scooped up Wendy, before backing off. She then flew at full speed crashing poor Wendy into Romeo.
"ARGGHH! What was that for Carla?" Romeo screeched.
"Payback." Carla sniffed.
"You realized you practically shoved poor Wendy into him, don't you? Weren't you against any more physical contact between the two?" Happy inquired. Carla was flustered and spluttering.
"Since there are no more people, I have won the game!" Erza smiled triumphantly.
As if on cue, Gajeel and Levy showed up accompanied by Pantherlily (as well as a certain blue-haired mage that had been following the pair after hearing that her beloved Gray-sama was there).
"Gihihihihi! What are you idiots up to this time?" Gajeel laughed his odd laugh.
"We were just playing a game, and I was about to win, before you four showed up." Erza stated.
"Four? It's just me, Lily, and Gajeel." Levy said. Erza simply nodded in Juvia's direction. The water mage had been hiding behind some bushes at the other side of the park (not so discreetly, might I add).
"Juvia didn't mean to impose. She simply overheard Mira-san talking with Levy and Gajeel about Natsu's team coming to the park. I wanted to be here with Gray-sama!" Juvia blushed, rambling on. Gray sighed.
"Wonderful! You all can join in the fun" Erza's eyes gleamed yet again. Jellal was barely alive at this point, he couldn't possibly fathom how Erza wasn't even breaking out a sweat. In fact, the only hint of pain she let show was the slight strain in her voice and her paling face.
"I'll go first!" Levy said enthusiastically. She was then instructed the "proper sliding technique by Erza, and slid down onto Wendy, who let out a small "oomph".
Gajeel practically cackled. Wendy and Levy both visibly paled. Since it was no longer heaviest first, Gajeel (who was at least twice as heavy as the combined weight of Levy and Wendy) would be putting his full weight upon the two. He situated himself upon the slide, making it creak and groan.
"What's the weight capacity for this?" Levy asked frantically, blushing furiously as Gajeel came down next to her. The slide let out another loud groan, before abrupt collapsing onto the wood chips. Incidentally, Jellal had toppled over onto an Erza with matching face and hair, while Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, and Romeo fell into a big heap. Gajeel was (unknowingly) crushing Levy, while a confused Happy, once again horrified Carla, and an amused Lily stood by, watching the trouble unfold. In all the chaos, no one noticed Juvia dragging off Gray, who appeared to be struggling. Per usual, Mirajane's impeccable timing created a lasting snapshot of the awkward moment. This picture would soon buried under the old tree amongst the others, waiting to be discovered by the new generation of Fairy Tail.
A/N:
Me: So? How was it? I thought this idea was pretty good, I wish there was more opportunity for ship moments though. Don't worry, the next few will get progressively funnier, and I'll try to add in whatever romance I can!
Mira: YES! Can I pick the next game? *smiles evilly*
Me: Um, no? I have a couple more ideas before I'll be taking any requests, Mira.
Mira: Alright, but when you run out, don't hesitate to ask me!
