Hi everyone,

I decided to write a new fanfiction that I thought was a bit unusual. This time I thought I should write not only about NaLu, but also about GaLe and Gruvia since I love those two couples too. I may put a bit of Jerza in the next chapters, but I am not actually sure yet. Remember, if you want to leave a comment, feel free to do it whether it is for mistakes or parts of the stories you didn't like, etc.

I hope you'll like this first chapter!

Enjoy

Lucy's POV

I think I've never been anxious like this before. I guess I have a great reason though. I'm starting working on my first summer job today. I've been prepared for this since winter when I pass my final exam with a perfect score. Guess I won't be that bad after all. It isn't the job in question that makes me feel this way though. Actually, it is the comments of the parents and coaches of the players. I don't want them to yell at me if I make a mistake and that's why I'm a nervous wreck right now. I don't want to make any mistakes, but arbitrating isn't something you can do without any mistakes. You can't expect yourself to see everything whether somebody made and handball or push somebody else with the intention of hurting him.

My boss told me that it was normal for me to make a wrong call. If not, I wouldn't be normal. I wish he would be watching over me during the match and give me some precious advices, but he is pretty much busy during this time of the year. So I can't really count on him to cheer me up. That's why my friends, Levy and Juvia are there for me. They are both referee as well, but they don't do this for money or pleasure. Actually, they desperately want to find a boyfriend. They thought they might found their perfect match while working. Sometimes I don't understand them. Guess I don't think the same way.

Anyway, I was truly happy when I heard we were going to be together for most of the games. After all, I was sure my two best friends would do everything for me if it wasn't going well at the field. And so, I decided I should put my stress away and start preparing myself for the game which was in exactly an hour. That meant I had only twenty minutes left to get ready since we need to be at the field thirty minutes earlier. The boss insisted on it and I didn't want to deceive him.

As I put my uniform on , I took the last fifteen minutes to make sure I had everything I needed. Whistle, little pad with sheet of paper, yellow and red card (I hope I won't need to use them), coin, flag, pen and most importantly, a bottle of water. As I put my black spiked shoes on, I looked at myself in the mirror and barely recognized myself. When I was a bit younger, I wouldn't have imagined myself doing this job for two principal reasons:

1- I love reading books and writing.

2- I really am a sensitive person which means I can cry easily. (That's also the principal reason why I chose this job for the summer. I really want to become stronger mentally.)

With all of this, it was already time for me to leave.

"Goodbye mom" I shouted before closing the front door and getting into the car.

As I arrive at the field, two familiar girls were waiting for me all excited.

"Did you look who you will arbitrate?" asked and overjoyed bluenette.

"Hum yeah, it's Fairy Tail against Lamia Scale" I said worried about the look she gave me then.

"I don't care about that. The important thing is that they are boys and one year older than us! I think I might found the boyfriend I've dreamed of for a while now tonight!" Levy said grinning like a little kid as always.

"Good luck" I said already desperate.

"Juvia will find the perfect match for her tonight as well" she casually screamed.

"Lu-chan, maybe you too will find your special-someone. Why don't you just give it a try?"

"Because I didn't came here for that reason" I said annoyed.

Levy was about to add another comment, but didn't get the chance to when she saw the first Fairy Tail team's soccer player arrive. He was about two times taller than Levy. His raven hair was pretty much long and all messed up. Though, he had managed to stick that enormous amount of hair into a kinda ponytail. I didn't get the chance to see his face, but I was a bit afraid when I saw a whole lot of piercings on both of his arms. Thinking he would have to take all of them off in less than twenty minutes. As I continued staring at him, I remarked he was pretty much of a muscular teenager even though he was wearing the blue shirt of his team.

"Don't you think he's kinda cute" Levy asked sparkles in her eyes.

Both I and Juvia looked at her thinking she was crazy. How could she fall in love with a monster? I mean he won't be the charming prince she is dreaming of all the time, but I didn't say a thing since I knew Levy had always been different.

When she saw none of us where answering she looked even more interested in him.

"Guess I won't have any love rivals" She said a smile plastered across her face.

"Don't you think he might have a girlfriend?" I inquired.

"Who knows" She answered more optimist than ever.

Suddenly, an old man arrived on the field with I guessed his son.

"Could he be the coach of this team" I told surprised.

"Guess so" Both bluenettes responded at the same time.

The man was so tiny he couldn't even carry his bag. He needed to relay on his son who was pretty much tall compared to his father (I guessed). The blond teenager in question was wearing a weird pair of earphones. There were actually spikes on the sides, but what was actually weirder was the strange scar in his face that looked like a lightning in my point of view.

A couple of players of both teams then arrived, but I didn't pay too much attention to them since they looked normal. That was until a Raven haired guy arrived without any shirt on. It was strange since he didn't look like he knew it. I was about to tell him about it when Juvia put her hand on my mouth meaning she didn't wanted me to say a single word.

As he got away, Juvia pulled her hand away.

"What was that for" I asked serious

"Juvia thinks he's okay this way" She said hearts appearing in her eyes.

"Not you too" I said exasperated.

"I'm sorry Juvia, but you know he can't play like this. Someone must tell him about that little problem." I told her.

But somebody had already managed to tell him about that. He told him something about being manly I think. I didn't thought showing himself half naked was being manly. To me, it looked more like he was some kind of perverted exhibitionist. Though the shirtless guy's reaction what pretty funny I have to admit. He looked petrified. I could hear him from the middle of the field saying "not again"

The coach wasn't stressed at all though. Actually he just threw him another blue shirt which meant he was from Fairy Tail as well. He looked like this had happened too much often. Putting a shirt back on, he continued walking toward the bench to sit with his team's members.

I couldn't believe it. As I look closely to the bag the old man's son was carrying back then I saw lots and lots of shirts in it. I think there was a pile of it in there. No wonder why he couldn't carry it all the way to the bench on the other side of the field.

Fifteen minutes until the match would start and it was the first time in my entire life I had seen such strange guys. I guess it wasn't enough. Another guy from the Lamia Scale's team (I guessed again) arrived without a shirt either. What's with this today? He had silver hair and looked a bit like the other shirtless guy we had seen about five minutes earlier. The same thing happen with his coach I hadn't notice before. Actually he looked normal compared to those bizarre boys. Anyway, as I started counting, two guys from the Fairy Tail team arrived. One was sprinting the other one walking. I kinda understand why he couldn't manage to run, he was surrounded by girls.

"Just great, a flirty guy! Did we really need that?"

As he let go of his girlfriends and started walking away, I could finally concentrate on counting the players on both sides of the field. They were sixteen in each team which meant they could play. As I look at my watch (fortunately I wear it all the time or else I would have forgotten it), I notice they were only 10 minutes left until the game would start. That meant, ten minutes for the check-up of the teams, the captains and the soccer balls for the game. I even forgot to include the time my two assistants needed to verify if the nets were okay. I should have been more prepared for my first game.

I decided we should start with the Lamia Scale's team and so we did. As we arrived, all the guys were smiling which made me even more careful towards them. I didn't get the time to say a single thing as the coach handed me the sheet with all of their names and passports numbers on it.

"Alright guys, I think you all know how the check-up works so I won't repeat things you already know. Just remember to all put your shirt into your shorts."

And so, I started calling out the names. It was all going well until it was the turn of the last player, that silver exhibitionist from earlier. While coming he just said: I think it was meant to happen. I finally found the perfect girl I waited my entire life for. It must be fate"

The three of us looked at each other trying to understand who he was talking about. That's when he had:

"You beautiful lady, may I ask what your name is so I can remember it for the rest of my life" He pointed at Juvia.

"Juvia" She said starting to blush.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but we need to do the check-up for the other team and begin the game in less than ten minutes. Can you talk to each other later" I asked as politely as possible.

"Yeah, see you later pretty girl" He said smiling.

"Looks like you really are going to find a boyfriend soon" Levy pouted obviously jealous.

"Girls, we must talk about that later, okay" I told them as we started walking in the direction of the other team's bench."

"Hi ladies, I'm Makarov, the Fairy Tail team's coach."

"Hi sir, we must hurry to start the check-up" I told him starting to panic we may start the game late.

And so I repeat the same thing as earlier and start calling out the names of the soccer players.

"Gray Fullbuster"

As he came close to us, I notice he had already lost his shirt for the second time in less than an hour. Juvia couldn't be happier though. As I told him about it, he looked exactly like earlier. Like he didn't know when he had lost it. He took another one the number thirty three which meant he had already lost a lot of them since all of his teammates had numbers all the way to sixteen. I looked at Juvia and try to make her calmed down. She was already overly excited and unfortunately Gray noticed it.

"Is your assistant alright?"

"Yeah, don't bother" I said ashamed.

To break the awkward silence, I call out for the next name figuring on the sheet.

"Loke"

I was surprised only his first name was written on the list the coach had given me, but I didn't asked questions. When I look up, I recognized the womanizer from earlier. I hoped he wouldn't try to flirt with me, but he actually did.

Though, he didn't get the time to say a lot of things since he got his butt kick by the guy standing behind him. I secretly wanted to thank him, but I didn't do a thing again. Before I could call the next name, a guy wearing a tuque came and start hitting his pads, showing me his spikes and number which was seven by the way(my lucky number).

"I was the next one after that bastard. My name's Natsu Dragneel." He said with a childish grin.

"Alright, but you must remove the thing that's covering your hair. You can't play with that."

"Guess I have no choice" He said before removing his tuque.

He had pink spiky hair. Even though it was unusual, it actually looked cute on him. I always loved pink after all. That's when I felt my heart starting to beat faster than usual. Ignoring it, I called out for the next person on the list:

"Gajeel Redfox"

When I called his name and he came close to us, I was glad he had taken off all of his piercings though he looked strange without them. As I take a look at Levy, I could clearly tell she had fallen deeply for him even though she didn't knew a single thing about him. I guess I'm the only one who takes her time in those situations.

I finished the check-up and asked for two balls and the captain of both teams. The said Natsu, was the captain of his team. I felt my heart starting to pound faster again. As we shake hands, I felt the warmth of his hand and try my hardest to hide the blush that had started to appear on my cheeks.

What's the problem with me?

But then again, I try to ignore it and force myself to look at the other captain. It had to be the silver haired guy from earlier, I should have known. After shaking hands, I didn't give him the chance to speak and start telling the habitual blah blah about the home and visitor team. It ended with Natsu winning and choosing the side of the field he preferred which meant Lamia Scale would start with the ball.

I couldn't help but look back at Natsu and his cute little grin. Though, I didn't expect him to say that before he left:

"Sorry about earlier. Loke can be such a pain in the butt sometimes, but don't worry he won't try to cruise you again unless he wants me to kick his ass again."

Then he started walking away. I was shocked, but happy at the same time. Though, I try to hide it and think about the game that was going to start late because of me.

As I took a look back at the field, I noticed all the players were already there ready to start the match. My assistants took a quick look at the nets and get ready already on their respective lines. I ran to the center, and set my timer to forty minutes. As I pressed the button for the timer to start, I whistled and the game began.

First chapter, check! Hope you like it and see you next week!