Hi, I'm ChromeJedi and this is my first fanfiction! The story goes as follows, its a Fairy Tail AU. What if all our favorite Fairy Tail wizards, weren't wizards at all, but instead they were your regular average high schooler (where anime color/style hair is totally logical and okay) who get drafted into World War 3? The story will follow them through basic training all the way up to the end of the war. Lock and load guys, to follow Fairy Company into battle.
Fair Warning: Call of Duty quotes… expect "JUMP FOR IT!"
And before we start I'll just go ahead and announce the ships so I don't get any hate.
Natsu: Lisanna
Gray: Mirajane
Gajeel: Levy
Loke: Lucy
Jellal: Erza
Romeo: Wendy
Gray: Juvia (ONE SIDED)
Any other ships are up in the air right now.
Please leave a like, comment, or criticism as it keeps me raring to go!
Natsu yawned, Thank God it's eighth hour, I don't know if I could've done another one of those. He thought to himself as he walked down the hall. Midyear Finals had just finished up for the day and they sucked. On top of being tired, he had a game tonight. Sure he liked basketball, but it wasn't really his thing. He was a lot better at football, and had a serious fastball when baseball season came around. Sighing he checked his phone, 3:30. He had thirty minutes yet before he had to go meet up with the team to go over game plans. Too the lunchroom then.
He stopped at his locker to dump his stuff and then headed to the commons. There he saw his friends, but they were all huddling around something. So he headed over to see what was up. "Hey guys! What's going on!" Gray looked up. The raven haired athlete was definitely Natsu's best friend, even if they didn't see eye to eye all the time. In the fall Gray was captain of the Cross Country team, in the winter he played Basketball with Natsu, and in the spring he was a track star. "This isn't the time to be perky man…" "Why..." Everyone turned to look up at him, Lisanna had tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong? Who made you cry Lisanna?!" Natsu had gone from happy to pissed in a matter of seconds... no one ever made Lisanna cry. Gray gestured down at a piece of paper, "Chill man, this is what she's so upset about."
Natsu read the paper aloud.
Official Military Draft List
Any and all names on this list must contact the Military Recruiting Office in their vicinity before a period of 30 days has past since day of post to be evaluated for Military service. (A lot of other formal military writing including locations of Recruiting Offices)
List of Draftees
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Natsu Dragneel
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Gray Fullbuster
Gajeel Redfox
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Lucy Heartfilia
(More names of Draftees follow.)
Natsu dropped the paper and it drifted to the ground. A couple words had just sent his entire world crashing down on him. The war had always seemed so far away, unreachable. China had finally enacted a plan years in the making in the year 2023. They had agents all over Russia stage a coup that threw it into chaos. China conquered the vast expanse that was Russia before the other countries could bat an eye. Mongolia joined the Chinese forming the AAA. Asian Alliance of Assholes, that's what America called them, but officially they were the CEU, Chinese Elite Union. Shortly after they bullied the majority of the Middle East into it as well as most of Asia. The EU and America banded together forming a defense along the Euro-Russia border known as the Shield. Down in Africa, led by Ethiopia, a collection of African countries bound only by national friendships stopped the CEU advance in Egypt.
But it hadn't stopped there. While the Shield held strong against the invaders Australia was evacuated and lent their forces to the African alliance. The EU, America, African Alliance, and Japan (the last remaining free Asian Country) formed the New Allies. That had all happened in the past 2 years. Both sides of the war had even each figured out a nuclear defense mechanism… so a nuclear apocalypse was no longer a worry. That was something right?
Natsu frowned as a million thoughts ran through his head. "They must've posted this today huh?" Gray nodded. Still shocked, Natsu could only hold an arm over Lisanna as she bawled into him. Gray stretched his arms and said, "Almost four Natsu, we better suit up." One of the people who'd huddled around to look at the list was shocked by this, "You just figured out you're going to war and you're still gonna play basketball?" Gray shrugged, "Why the hell not? After all we don't have to go right away and standing here crying about it sure ain't gonna help."
The guy still wasn't convinced, "Don't you want to… I don't know lament with your family or something?" Gray glanced over at Natsu who nodded to him, "Hah! Neither of us have a family to lament with, we're both from the same foster house. And all the people we'd want to say goodbye to are here at the school. So what do you say Natsu, shall we give them a show?" Natsu's signature grin lit up his face, which only caused Lisanna to cry more, lit up his face. He clasped Gray's hand in a handshake. "We're going up against the Ravens tonight, they're undefeated. In other words, I'm all fired up!"
Gray, Natsu, and Lisanna headed toward the locker room. As they neared the boys door Lucy met them, she had a depressed look on her face. "Guessing you read that list huh?" Natsu nodded. Lucy put an arm around Lisanna and took her back towards the gym. They got changed into their basketball uniforms and then followed the girls to the gigantic gym. Magnolia High was famous for its devotion to extra-curricular activities (not just sports) even if its academic scores were sub par. The two received a warm welcome from the crowds in the stand.
A big muscled guy with long spiky black hair walked up to them. "'Sup Gajeel?" Gajeel was a year older than the two juniors and had fun messing with them, but only to a point. "Not a lot. I'm looking forward to kicking some black bird ass tonight though, so you better not screw up Salamander." That nickname stung a bit as he knew it would soon be left behind. He'd gotten it when he was freshman and had been freaked out when the Biology teacher dropped a lizard on his face. It had been insulting at first until he took it as a compliment and rolled with it.
Coach Hemmerman walked up to three boys and smiled sadly. "So boys, this is your last game for a while huh?" They nodded. "Well, when you come on over to the huddle we'll go over the game plan. Lets blow these Ravens out of the water."
An hour and a half later Magnolia High had crushed the Ravens 50-80. Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and a couple other athletes on the list were called out so they could be properly applauded. The next day was a day off because of Finals week.
Lisanna had come over to Natsu and Gray's foster home. She smiled and greeted Mrs. Malone. "They're upstairs dear, getting ready for their big interview! I'm so proud of them, I hope they get that big city job Gray told me about." They didn't tell her the real reason huh? Well I'm sure they had their reasons for not wanting her to know. "Thanks Mrs. Malone," she sniffled, "Mind if I go see them?" "Not at all sweetie, come right in."
Her shoes clacked up the stairs and she stopped dead in her tracks. Natsu looked hot in a suit. Gray too was rather dashing in a suit. Natsu turned and smiled, "Hey I didn't know you were coming to see us off?" The tears welled up in her eyes, "Ye-yeah, I mean if you have room in the car. I know you got to pick up Lucy." Gray looked at the two for a moment and then he smiled, "Yo Natsu, I'll go start the car." Natsu nodded a silent thanks to Gray as he left the room. Before Gray's back had even disappeared from the door threshold Lisanna had already sprinted and knocked Natsu back. "Please don't go Natsu… what am I going to do without you?" He gently ran his hand through her hair comforting her, "Don't cry Lisanna, you'll be fine. I already talked to Eve, he'll look after you. After all Eve's older brothers Ren and Hibiki have already been drafted… he's in the same boat."
"But I don't want Eve looking after me! I want you to stay Natsu! This war has already sent Mira and Elfman away to! Why won't you stay?!" She sobbed. "Shhh, Shhh… its all going to be okay. I promise. Don't make my last memory of you be crying kay?" Lisanna looked up. She wished she were older, if she were 17 instead of 15 she could enlist and go with him. "Look at me Natsu." He did, and she stood on her tip toes and kissed him on the lips.
"Well sorry I gotta ruin the moment, but we gotta run Natsu." Gray was standing arms crossed in the doorway. "Yeah let's go." The three of them got into Mrs. Malone's old 1967 Camaro, which was incredibly badass, and picked up Lucy at her place. "Where's Gajeel?" She asked as she got in. "He's a senior, he has his own car." Lucy nodded and they drove in silence for a half an hour when they reached the recruitment center.
The three of them got out and met Gajeel who'd been waiting for them, "Well its about time slowpokes, are you ready?" Gajeel opened the door for them as they walked in. The recruiter saddened visibly when he saw them walk in. "Too young nowaday… names." Natsu did the talking, "Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Gajeel Redfox." He nodded, "Hey good game yesterday guys." "Thanks."
"Just fill out these papers here, there is a helicopter outback that'll take you straight to military base for basic." Lucy was shocked, "Wait what? There isn't a waiting period? We just fill out our papers and you send us there?" The man looked up, depressed, "I'm sorry, as of now, we can't afford a waiting period." Gray put a hand on her shoulder and handed a copy of the forms out to everyone except Lisanna. As they were filling it out Lisanna walked up to the recruiter. "Sir?" "Hmmm?" "Can you tell me something?"
"Sure, what is it girl?" Lisanna blinked tears out of her eyes, "Two of my siblings are over there fighting right now, can you tell me if they're still… alive?" The man looked up from his work again and he nodded, "I can try young lady. Names?" "Elfman and Mirajane Strauss." He stopped and dropped his pencil. "I can't tell you anything about your brother. but you said Mirajane Strauss right?" She nodded. He smiled, "Then I have good news for you, your sister is known as the Demon. She flies a strike heli like no other. She's Fairy Company's air support and is famed all over the Shield, along with the rest of Fairy Company. And she sure as hell is still alive." Lisanna sighed with relief.
About then they finished their papers and handed them back to the man, "Everything seems to be in order, as I told you, the helicopter is outside." Natsu nodded and led his friends out. He waved a hand over his shoulder at Lisanna. She stifled her tears and ran outside to watch the helicopter fly off.
So how'd I do? Please fav and review, even if it's negative! I take all opinions into account.