03/23/13 - 9:24 PM
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL
"Meeting the Girls"
"Yo! Bisca, heads up." Miki Chickentiger, a violent brunette, yelled as she tossed the volleyball over to the green haired girl.
"Got it." Bisca Mulan yelled back with a smirk as she spiked the ball over the net.
Two girls ran and tried to save it but couldn't.
Miki and Bisca high fived each other at the winning point. Their team won.
"Nice," Cana Alberona commented as she drank water and gave a thumbs up. Their other two teammates were Jenny Realight and Sherry Blendy, who were busy smoothing out their hair. Even though they looked like one of those snotty popular snobs, they weren't. They participated in the game and contributed.
"It's all right Lucy, Levy." Meredy Milkovich said when she saw the two girls being depressed in the corner.
"But it's not," The blonde and bluette said. "We wanted to win…"
"Hmph." Evergreen Forest crossed her arms and untied her hair. "What disgraceful behavior."
"Now, now. It was fun. So cheer up." Milliana Cheko said as she put her arms around Lucy Heartfilia's and Levy McGarden's shoulders. "We'll get them next time. But really, I'm glad we didn't have to go against Erza's team."
Their team nodded at that because Erza Scarlet's team is scary. Erza had earned the nickname "Titania Erza" because of her strength and brutal nature but also of her calm and strict nature. Then there's Erza's friend and also rival, Mirajane Strauss. She may seem and is innocent and sweet, but she is also known as "The Demon" when someone pushes her buttons. One of their other teammates is Kagura Mikazuchi, also known as the "Silent Samurai." Then there's Ultear Milkovich of the Time. She is known in their school as one of the best at timing, and they don't mean just keeping time. And finally, Mavis Vermilion, aka "Fairy Tactician." She is known as one of the, if not the, smartest ever who attended Fairy Tail Junior High.
Fairy Tail Junior High is an all-girls school. It was also a half private and half public school. It is private because rich girls would attend here because of its beauty and good institution. It is also public because the surrounding homes near can also enter this school. However, there are a couple criteria that the girls would need to have to be able to attend here. Two criteria needed to be fulfilled out of the three: good grades, good behavior, and have a talent. Grades counted as B- and up, or sometimes even a C+. Good behavior is vague. You can be the goody two shoes who listens to everything, or even an energetic person who has spunk. There are many generalizations to this category. As for the last criteria, talent can be almost everything. A girl can be good at a sport or music, being really strong or smart, etc. There are tests that will evaluate each criterion.
After PE of that day, it was lunch time. All the girls in class 3-A went to the cafeteria. The best thing about their class is that everyone is friends with each other. They are known as the best class in school. Even starting in their first year, they had slowly begun to earn a reputation. They have been in the same class all throughout the school years. The school made all students be in the same class but it is also allowed to switch classes within reason. For their class, they had stuck with the same girls with the exception that a few new girls had joined their class last year.
"Alright class," Ikaruga-sensei said. "As you know, this is your final year of Fairy Tail. So study hard and pass through the all the tests and what not. I would say more, but you all know the rules. Seeing as we have gone through our first month of school, I think it's time you know what this year's activities will be like."
But the funny things is, is that while she was talking/explaining, everyone in the class was doing something else, even the teacher. Ikaruga-sensei was on her laptop as she explained.
"Hey Luce," Levy whispered to the blonde next to her. "Aren't you excited for this year's homecoming dance? I hear this year's senior's homecoming is called 'Homecoming Hoedown.'"
"A hoedown?" Lucy whispered back. "You mean like with all the cowboys and cactus and farms and stuff?"
"You betcha." Levy giggled with excitement. "And I also heard that Sabertooth's boys are invited as well."
"Levy, Lucy," Ikaruga-sensei said as she paused whatever she was doing on her laptop and looked at them. "Ah yes. I need everyone's attention for this." The pink haired woman waited for all the girls' attention. "Hoedown Homecoming will involve Sabertooth's boys. But for this year, the principal has required that each girl has a date."
"WHAT!" The class yelled. Some were excited. Some were nervous. Some were in shock. Some were hating. And some didn't care.
Kagura slammed her hands on her desk as she stood up. "That is unacceptable and inappropriate. You can't make us bring a date."
Ikaruga sighed with contemplation but then a smirk appeared as she remembered something. "Then don't go. Homecoming Hoedown is a place for seniors to hang out with the opposite sex since you gals don't have much contact with them during school. The principal just wanted to let you girls experience it before you girls go to Fiore High, and I assume that every one of you are going there?"
Everyone nods.
"As you know, Fiore is a mixed school. You need to learn to handle situations while interacting with hormonal boys. So here is the plan: you girls have to bring dates, OR you sign up with a random matchmaking as your date."
"A date, or a mysterious guy?" Sherry sighed in happiness. "This is principal-chan's love."
"Hey Mira," Jenny smirked at her rival. "How about we sign up for the random matchmaking and have a contest to see who has the better looking guy?"
Mirajane sighed as she shook her head in a what-can-you-do fashion. She is used to Jenny's competition to see who was prettier. Although it was tiring, she did have fun doing them. "Ah. I don't see why not." She smiled. "What is the bet this time?"
"No bet." The blonde said with a toss of her hair. "Since it's the beginning of our last year, I will give you a break from any embarrassing moment for this one time."
Aquarius Waters raised her hand and then said without waiting to be called on, "If we have a date, then we can just bring him and not do the matchmaking?"
"Correct." Ikaruga-sensei said. "Here is the signup sheet. Pass it around so that everyone who doesn't have a date can be paired off with somebody."
Juvia Lockser raised her hand and spoke when Ikaruga nodded towards her. "Juvia wonders if you are attending the dance."
Ikaruga sighed in irritation but also smiled a sad one. "Yes. And just like you, I will have to be partnered up with somebody."
Evergreen raised a brow as she adjusted her glasses. Even though the brunette was mostly uncaring about such events, she still wanted to go. But when she saw that her teacher sighed with a sad smile, she was curious as to why. Looks like she would have to do some research with Levy on this.
"Are you going Kamika?" Cosmos Sigmulva asked when she received the sheet. She wasn't going to go if her best friend wasn't.
Kamika Mikonasai saw the eager in Cosmos' eyes. She knows that her best friend really wanted to go because of the smile plastered on the blonde's face. She sighed as she put on a tired smile. "I'll go."
Cosmos' smile widened more as she signed her name along with Kamika's. "Beautiful. Let's go to this dance." She passed the paper behind her to Flare Corona.
Flare looked at the sheet nervously. She was still deciding when Angel Aguria snapped her fingers. The redhead looked at the white haired girl.
"Just sign it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we found love in this dirty world?" Angel commented. Her real name is Sorano, but she is really obsessed with angels and tells people to call her that.
"Um, but what if we get an ugly guy?" Flare asked as she took her pen and hovered above the sheet, still thinking about the idea.
Angel rolled her eyes. "Please. Sabertooth's boys are anything but ugly. I guess they are one of the world's few pleasures in this disturbing world."
"Oh. I guess you're right." Flare said as she wrote down her name.
"Of course I am." Angel snapped. "Sign my name while you're at it."
Flare was used to Angel's personality and didn't think much of her rudeness. In reality, Flare was just as crude as Angel when it came to other people, which leads them to misjudge her. It's just that she is always so uncertain of herself that she puts on a crude façade to hide her nervousness.
"You going to this Bisca?" Miki asked knowingly. Everyone knows that Bisca is from the country side and loves it. Both Miki and Cana smirked at Bisca's response.
"Of—!" Bisca fake coughed to collect herself as a small blush dusted her cheeks. Even though everyone knows that she loves cowboy themes, she feels embarrass to express herself. "I mean, of course. You know I like these things."
Miki laughed as she handed the paper to the country girl who quickly signed her name and passed it to the next person.
"Ah~ A daa-ance~" Lyra Musyre sang. "I can't wait. You guys are coming too, right?" The singing brunette asked as she handed the paper to Aquarius.
"Oh course. I have a boyfriend attending Sabertooth." The swimmer bragged and handed the paper to her friend without signing it, because, like she said, she has a boyfriend.
"To go, or to not go." Libra Scale pondered as she stared at the sheet. "Good, or bad? Do I deserve to go?" She had her arms in a scale-like manner as she tried to balance her options.
Ceskoi Pisces rolled her eyes as she tapped her long fingernails against her desk. "Good or bad, just sign the damn thing already. If we're all going, then it only makes sense that you go. You wouldn't want to be the only one out now, do you? Think of how unbalance that would be if one person was not going to the hoedown." The black haired busty teen knew how to handle Libra. They all knew how to handle Libra.
"I see. Then I will go." She signed her name and handed the paper to Ceskoi who just pointed her finger at a pink haired girl.
"Not me. I am waiting for someone. Hand it to Virgo."
Virgo Spica accepted the paper and then looked at her friends. "If I don't sign this, then do I get punished?"
They all face palmed themselves. "No!"
"Just sign it Virgo and give it to me." Ophiuchus Snake said as she played around with her snake necklace. Virgo nodded and did as she was told. Ophiuchus signed it and handed it to Aries Ram but then shifted her direction as Aries went to take it.
"Um. . .Why did you not give me the paper?" Aries asked shyly.
Ophiuchus raised a brow. "Don't you have a boyfriend already?"
"Huh?" Aries blushed as she started to deny the accusation.
"Oh yeah huh," Mini Gemini grinned as she looked excited. "Isn't Loki your boy already?"
"N-n-n-no-o." Aries' blush turned deeper. "H-he's n-no-ot. I'm sorry!" She bowed in embarrassment.
"Girl, you need to stop saying sorry so much." Aquarius sniped as she fixed her hair.
"I'm s-sorry," Aries said. "B-but we're only e-e-en-g-gaged. H-he-e's not i-in-t-teres-t-ted in m-me."
"Are you—" Aquarius' and Ophiuchus' mouths were covered by Libra.
"I see. And you are sure that he is not interested in you?" Libra asked, hands still covering the two girls' mouth.
"Y-yes." Aries said sadly.
"Okay then, here you go." Libra handed the paper back to Aries after Mini printed her name.
"Th-thank y-you." Aries scribbled down her name and handed it to a brunette. "Here you g-go Milliana."
"Thank you," Milliana purred as she gingerly took the piece of paper and raised it in front of her. "Hm. . .Do I have to have a date? . . .Nya! Kagu—"
"No." Kagura replied curtly as she crossed her arms after flipping her hair back. "If you want to go, then sign up."
"But—" Milliana was silenced by her friend's glare. "O-okay…" The brunette wept as she signed her name and handed it to Kagura who was begrudgingly writing her name down.
She wasn't the type to like dances very much but she did wanted to go to them anyways. She was cold like Erza, which is one of the reasons why they got along, but she was also a teenage girl. Plus, she had her twin going to Sabertooth; although, they didn't look alike anymore ever since puberty hit them.
A blue haired teen with rolled up curls looked at the signup sheet skeptically. "Juvia does not know if Juvia should do this. Is the matchmaking going to be at random?"
Lucy shrugged. "Probably. But I think a couple of us will be rigged." The blonde meant about the family issues. A couple or more of the girls in Ikaruga-sensei's class were engaged already. It was decided since they were either in their mom's wombs, as children, or recently. It really isn't a great thing when you know that your love life in the future is already restricted.
"Should Juvia sign up?" She pondered lowly. "Juvia could just not go."
"I'm going!" Levy said cheerfully as she slid the paper back to Juvia. Amidst the conversation between Lucy and Juvia, Levy had slipped the paper quietly away and wrote her name on it. "C'mon! You, we, should do this. Maybe we'll find our true love there." Levy said with hearts in her eyes as she drifted off to la la land along with Lucy who unconsciously signed her name down.
"Tr-true love?" Juvia blushed while thinking about her dream guy. "M-maybe Juvia will go too…" She wrote her name and passed it to Erza.
"No thanks. I already have somebody." Erza said as she pushed the paper back to Juvia.
"Y-you have someone?" Juvia said, surprised that the Titania of Fairy Tail had a date. "Who is it?"
Erza raised a brow with her arms crossed. "You don't know? Hmm, I guess you might not since you transferred here half a year ago." Erza sighed as she had the tiniest blush ever paint across her cheeks when she said his name. "Jellal Fernandes. He was a close childhood friend. We don't talk much anymore since we're at different schools, but we would occasionally meet up."
Juvia passed the signup sheet over to Ultear as she began to press more information out of Erza who was glaring at the blue haired girl.
"Ultear! Ultear! Ppllleeeeeeaaasssseeeee! Can we go?!" Meredy pleaded with puppy-dog eyes. Both her and Ultear were sisters; although, they were not related by blood. Meredy was adopted into the Milkovich family thanks to Ultear.
Ultear saw her one day out in the streets, looking tired and soon passed out. So Ultear told her chauffeur to stop the limo and took Meredy home with her. At first, her parents were skeptical about adopting a lost child, not knowing what kind of dangers the little girl could have gotten herself into. But with constant pleading by Ultear and the characteristics of Meredy, they finally agreed and adopted the pink haired girl legally.
Ultear sighed as she covered Meredy's mouth. "Please, stop pleading. I was going to go anyways."
"Yay!" Meredy jumped up from her seat. She quickly signed her name before tossing the paper behind her which landed perfectly on top of Yukino Aguria's desk. "That means that Siegrain must've asked you out!"
Ultear blushed lightly as she leaned onto her palm. She tried to make act neutral but you could still hear the embarrassment and anticipation in her voice. "N-no."
"Oh!" Meredy said as she lightly pounded her fist into her palm as a light bulb lit up on top of her head. "So you're waiting for him to ask."
Yukino looked at the paper shyly before handing it to her other friends.
Vivienne Curaciel looked at the white haired teen strangely. "You're not going?"
Yukino blushed. "I don't really. . .you know. . .a date. . ." She mumbled shyly but her friends still heard it. "Are you…going to be okay?"
"Me?" Vivienne asked, confused. "Why would I be?" Then she finally realized something. "Wait, did you say a date?"
"Yes. A date," Mavis confirmed while smiling. "You were asleep during that time. But I guess you were awake before everyone yelled 'what.'"
Vivienne groaned as she slumped in her seat and smacked her head onto her desk. "You know, I don't think I will go either."
"Why not? Ikaruga only said that we needed a date. She didn't say that we had to spend time with them." Mavis pointed out.
"It's easy for you to say." Vivienne countered. "You have a childhood friend who will probably become your boyfriend at some point."
"Boyfriend?" Mavis tested the word out. "Hmm. Zeref as a boyfriend isn't such a bad idea."
"ANNK!" Vivienne buzzed like a rejecting alarm. "Don't think of it like that!" She said exasperated.
"Yeah." Yukino agreed softly. "He should only be your boyfriend because you both love each other."
"Oh?" Mavis raised a brow. "So I should go out with him because I love him?"
"Yes!" Both Yukino and Vivienne agreed.
"Then wouldn't I need to give him a chance and go on a date with him? You know, like the Homecoming Hoedown?" Mavis internally smirked.
"Duh." Vivienne crossed her arms while Yukino just said, "Yes."
"Then that means you guys should also give the matchmaking a chance," Mavis concluded.
"No!" Vivienne said loudly. "What makes you think that?"
"Well, we talked about getting a boyfriend before and you guys would only agree if I gave it a shot. So now I am." Mavis smirked when she saw her friends' shocked faces. "Then you guys have to give dating a chance and this is a perfect opportunity."
"But, but…only on our own time." Vivienne argued back, hoping to somehow get out of this.
"Tsk. Tsk." Mavis clucked. "The agreement was that you give dating a chance. By refusing to sign up, you guys a rejecting that promise. Plus, I am only asking for a chance, meaning one. So why not now?"
"Let's…just drop it Vivi." Yukino sighed at the losing argument. She wrote her name on the sheet and passed it to the pouting Vivienne.
"I hate you." Vivienne grumbled as she signed her name.
"Love you too darling." Mavis laughed back. It was nice to be able to manipulate others.