~Saturday, 3:22 PM~

The three teenagers were walking around the town of Magnolia, talking about various things in general just to pass the time. Lucy Heartfilia, the girl in the middle, were listening to her two friends Natsu Dragneel, who was on her right, and Gray Fullbuster, who is walking on her left, talk about how glad they are that summer vacation is but a few weeks away.

"Uuuggh." Natsu groaned in annoyance. "I'm freaking tired of school. All this work about pointless crap we'll never actually use."

"Relax, summer is almost here." Gray reassured. "Soon enough you can take all your piles upon piles of failed tests and burn them, like you said you would."

Natsu gritted his teeth at that. He was barely passing his classes as it is, and he didn't need someone like the likes of Gray to remind him of that.

"Yeah, and maybe I'll throw that stupid dollar store necklace in the fire while I'm at it!"

"Really now?! Well if we're playing this game, then I'll just toss that lame-ass scarf of yours in there too!"

"Oh I'd like to see you-"

"Guys, come on!" Lucy interrupted. "We're all friends here. And besides summer is almost here! We should be making plans for what we're all going to do together!"

That was enough to get them to stop fighting. This was the norm for the trio. They'd talk for a while, then inevitably Natsu and Gray would butt heads and Lucy would have to dawn her metaphorical referee outfit and break it up.

"There's that new amusement park opening up a week after school ends. We could go there." Gray suggested.

"Oh yeah!" Lucy agreed. "That could be fun! That place is going to be really exciting by how everyone is hyping it up."

They talked about the amusement park for a good while. Although Natsu said that he'd probably just be there for the games and food due to him not being able to handle super-fast rides like the huge roller coaster that the park was going to have. Gray and Lucy laughed at Natsu's expression and started to talk about going with their friends.

Suddenly, they could hear angry shouts coming from the direction they were walking in. Curious, the gang walked faster and got a better look at what was happening. The one doing all the shouting turned out to be one of their friends, Gajeel Redfox.

"Oh geez." Lucy said under her breath.

"God freaking dammit!" Gajeel yelled out. "Naruto! I'm going to bash your head in!"

"What?!" Naruto yelled back smiling. "I didn't do anything bro!"

The one who answered to the name "Naruto" was sitting in the back seat of a car with two teenage boys up front, who were also smiling. He was trying to play innocent but at the same time was struggling to contain his laughter.

"Yeah man!" said the one driving. "We didn't see anything!"

"Like hell you didn't!" Gajeel shouted angrily while stomping his foot on the ground. "That blonde idiot is holding the freaking spray can in his hand!"

Naruto noticed what Gajeel said was true and quickly threw the can in the back seat, and then continued to deny Gajeel's accusations.

"What can?" Naruto asked, desperately trying to keep a straight face.

Gajeel was at his boiling point. He turned around and walked toward his car and pulled out a long rusty pipe. Naruto and his two friends mocked him by pretending that they were scared and "begged" him not to hurt them, but then started to laugh again.

"You'd probably be better off getting out a hose." The one driving exclaimed. "All that spray paint might seriously ruin your paint job."

The group of teens who angered Gajeel so much drove off before Gajeel could get close enough to do any damage. Gajeel shouted some swear words at them as they drove away and then threw down the rusty pipe in anger, cursing under his breath. Natsu, Lucy, and Gray walked up to him.

"Yo Gajeel." Natsu said cooly. "Quite a show that happend here."

"I'm going to beat them half to death, mark my words." Gajeel promised. "Just look at what they did to my baby!"

Gajeel pointed at his car and sure enough, it had seen better days. There was graffiti all over it. On both sides of the car were big letters that read: "I SUK DEEZ NUTZ". There were figures on the rear window that they assumed were supposed to be stools, and last but not least, there were drawings of leaves on the hood to represent the school the three boys in the car attend.

Natsu fell down on the floor and laughed hysterically, which didn't help Gajeel's mood in the least.

"Oh, this is funny to you?!" Gajeel screamed down at him.

"Oh my god that is hilarious!" Natsu managed to say through his laughter.

"It is not hilarious! They completely ruined my car!"

"That's rough man." Gray said, trying not to laugh. "Here we'll help you clean it up."

"Yeah we'll definitely help." Lucy agreed, also trying not to laugh, but not doing a good job.

After Natsu was able to breath again after his laughing fit they all got into the graffiti covered car and drove to Gajeel's house. Of course, they could see people staring and snickering as the vehicle passed them. When they arrived to their destination, Gajeel got out buckets of soapy water, some sponges, and a hose, and soon enough they all began to cleanse the car of the damage that was done.

"I can't believe they'd come after my car." Gajeel finally said, more calm now that the graffiti was going away. "Unbelievable."

"Yeah." Gray said while drenching the windows with a sponge. "Well, that's Konoha for you."

This sort of thing happened all the time. The three boys responsible for this come from Konoha, a town that is fifteen minutes away from Magnolia. They go to Konoha High school, home of the Konoha Ninjas. Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Gajeel go to Magnolia High, home of the Magnolia Mages. Saying that the students from Magnolia High and Konoha High don't get along would be an understatement. They fight each other, argue with each other, prank each other, and just do whatever they can to ruin one another's day.

And today was Gajeel's turn to get reminded of that. As he sprayed the leaves off of the car, he continued to speak about getting back at them. He didn't know the other two teens in the car, but the one in particular that was riding in the back seat he knew all too well. That kid's name was Naruto Uzumaki, who's well known for always wearing a headband. A lot of Magnolia High students know him due to him being one of the guys that causes trouble for them the most. Gajeel hates his guts.

"We should kick their asses for this!" Natsu suggested excitedly. "That'll teach em' a lesson!"

"I'm game." Gray agreed.

"No, I don't think you should." Lucy protested. "Those guys aren't worth it. Maybe it'll be better if you just let it go."

"Let it go? Seriously?" Gajeel responded, in disbelief that she'd even suggest such a thing. "I don't think you understand. If I don't do something about this then they'll never learn to leave me the hell alone."

"But have you ever thought that maybe if you ignore it then it will eventually stop?"

"Yes. And I also considered the fact that I'll look like a total wimp if I do that as well."

The last part of the graffiti was cleaned off, and Gajeel inspected his car. It was back to normal, just the way he wanted it. But he was still upset.

"Finally!" he sighed in relief. "It's as good as new!"

"Sweet." Natsu said. "Now that that's all set and done, wanna come to the mall with us? We were gonna head over there before this whole mess happened."

"Well, I don't feel embarrassed riding in this thing anymore." Gajeel said. "So I guess I'll come with."

"Alright! Hey, maybe you should throw me your keys and let me drive us there!"

"No!" Gray, Lucy, and Gajeel yelled out in unison.

"We've seen how you drive!" Gray stated. I am never getting in a car if you're behind the wheel!"

"Oh wow, I hit one mailbox." Natsu said back to him.

"There were more things than a mailbox, Natsu." Lucy said, remembering the last time Natsu was driving. "Besides, I think Gajeel's car has had enough of a bad day."

~3:43 PM~

Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Gajeel were sitting in the mall cafeteria. Joining them were their friends Mirajane Strauss and her younger sister Lisanna. They were already informed about the incident with Gajeel's car and the guys from Konoha a few minutes ago. After the girls tried to comfort him about his situation, they invited them all to come over their house to hang out. Everyone accepted, except Gajeel.

"I'm gonna be busy." Gajeel stated simply.

"Aw, alright." Mira said looking disappointed. "Well, we're still gonna have a lot of fun!"

"There's a monster movie marathon coming on tonight!" Natsu said smiling. "We've gotta watch it! It's going to be amazing!"

"Oh, yes!" Lisanna agreed, also smiling. "That sounds like a good idea!"

"Yes," Mira said with a sly expression. "I'm sure you'd think that."

Lisanna grew a faint blush on her cheeks.

"M-Mira!"

Everyone at the table laughed except Lisanna, who was embarrassed and Natsu, who was just confused. Then all of a sudden, Gray looked at the far ends of the cafeteria. He immediately recognized two people he knew.

"Oh, look." he said. "It's Erza and Siegrain."

Everyone looked and saw them, Erza Scarlet and her boyfriend Siegrain Fernandez. The two of them didn't look happy though. They actually looked as if they were arguing. And when Erza turned around and saw the gang at the table she waved, and they all waved back at her. Siegrain looked at the table too, but he didn't wave, he just stared at them with a pissed look on his face. More specifically, it seemed like he was staring at Gray, which made Gray tense up a little.

Siegrain walked out of the mall and Erza joined them and they greeted her.

"Is everything ok?" Lucy asked with concern. "You two didn't look all that happy."

"Don't worry about it." Erza said, obviously not wanting to talk about it. "It's stupid."

Mirajane invited Erza to their little get together as well, and Erza accepted. She didn't bother asking if Siegrain would want to come along, because something told her she already knew the answer.

When Gajeel finished his food, he got up and announced that he was gonna go. They all said goodbye and Gajeel walked out of the mall with an angry expression on his face.

'You don't do something like that to me.' he thought. 'Now look what you made me have to do.'

~4:30 PM~

Naruto Uzumaki and his friends were walking to a local burger place in the town. The names of his friends were Kiba Inuzuka and Choji Akimichi. Choji was eating out of a bag of jalapeño chips, and Kiba nor Naruto questioned him about it since they both knew that their friend was kind of a big eater, which is why they agreed they'd all pay their own way. While walking they noticed a house that belonged to a friend of theirs.

"Hey, it's Sasuke's house." Naruto said just before they could pass it. "We should ask if he wants to come."

The two agreed, and they walked up the steps and rang the doorbell. The one to answer the door was Sasuke Uchiha, looking a little surprised to see them there.

"Oh, hey." Sasuke said. "Didn't know you guys were coming over."

"We actually sorta happened to pass by your house." Choji explained, still munching.

"Yeah," Naruto added. "We actually wanted to see if-"

"Oh wait!" Kiba interrupted, smiling. "Naruto, before we forget, tell him what you did!"

Naruto laughed and so did Choji and Kiba. Sasuke just stood there confused and asked what they were talking about. Naruto told him about the little confrontation the three of them had with Gajeel and how he graffitied his car. Sasuke just sighed and a small smirk formed on his face.

"You guys never change." he said.

"Oh lighten up!" Naruto responded cheerfully. "Hey, you wanna come with us to get something to eat? We were just about to head there."

"No thanks, I got homework to do. And by that logic, so do you guys."

"Bah, there's plenty of time to finish it! It's not even that much!" Choji said, just running out of chips.

"Well, alright then." Sasuke said. "Do yourselves a favor and try to stay out of trouble."

"Yeah, yeah." Naruto said. "See ya later, dude."

Later, after they got out of the restaurant, the guys were ready to go home. Although, despite their idea to pay their own way, Choji ended up ordering a few more then his wallet could handle. In the end, Naruto and Kiba were forced to chip in a little to cover for their friend, but they didn't mind too much.

"Oh yeah, Naruto." Kiba said.

"Yeah?" Naruto responded.

"Forgot to ask. How are things going with Hinata?"

Naruto shot Kiba a look, making Choji and Kiba smirk.

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh come on, you know."

Naruto suddenly felt warm so he tried to air out his neck by pulling on his collar. He didn't care much for getting teased like this. And then his phone started to ring, so he pulled it out to check who was calling.

"I really don't." Naruto said while pulling out his phone.

When he checked it, the screen showed Hinata's name. She was actually calling him! If this wasn't a coincidence, he didn't know what was.

"I beg to differ." Kiba teased, with a sly expression.

"Whatever man." Naruto said, walking away from them in another direction.

"Hey where ya going?" Choji called out to him, laughing.

"Like i'd let you guys listen in on my phone calls!" Naruto called back to him.

Naruto walked a long distance until he went in an alleyway so he could answer the phone. He was very curious as to what she wanted. Hinata was a shy girl and actually didn't talk to him much. Whenever she was around him she would sometimes shy away and think of some excuse to leave. But he considered her a friend so they exchanged numbers.

"Hey, what's up Hinata?" Naruto answered.

"Umm, hi Naruto." Hinata said quietly. "I hope you weren't busy. If you were, then I could call back some other time."

"Nah, I'm not busy, just hanging out with Kiba and Choji. How are things with you?"

"Oh well, I'm good. I was, uh, just wondering since we've all heard about that theme park that's going to open up the week school ends, that y-you'd maybe be interested in coming to that with a-all of us?"

"Oh yeah! I've heard of that!"

"Y-yes! All of our friends would be there, and it seems like fun, so I just thought…"

"Yeah I was going to check that out when it came out anyway! Sure, I'd be interested!"

"Oh, that's good! Well, I'll see you there, Naruto."

"Yeah, it'll be a blast! See ya, Hinata!"

Naruto hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket, smiling. Hinata Hyuga was normally a shy girl, so he was surprised to see that she actually called him. He was happy though, because he thought maybe this would be a way for her to finally come out of her shell more. He turned around and walked out of the alleyway.

When he walked closer to the place he just walked away from, his eyes widened. His friends were lying on the concrete and four teenagers were standing over them. He yelled out to the teens and quickly ran over to his friends. When he got a closer look he couldn't recognize three of the guys, but one standing over Kiba's unconscious body was Gajeel. When Gajeel and his friends noticed Naruto coming, an evil smirk formed on his face.

"Well, well." Gajeel said. "Look who finally decided to join the party!"

Naruto stood in a defensive fighting stance. The odds really were not in his favor. Especially since one of Gajeel's friends in particular looked as if this wasn't the first fight he's been in. He's the one that looked the most intimidating, more intimidating than Gajeel, actually. Another guy with them was wearing some kind of mask and the other had long hair. They didn't exactly help out his chances of winning either.

"Gajeel, you bastard!" Naruto growled. "I'm gonna kick all your asses for this!"

"Hmph, this won't take more than five seconds." The intimidating one said in a low voice, smirking.

"Hold up, Laxus!" Gajeel protested. "I'm the one that's gonna take down Uzumaki! After all it was my car that he messed up!"

"You didn't tell me that his friends would be this lame. I didn't come all the way here just to be bored. Besides, I hear you can actually fight, Uzumaki."

"We'll see then!" Naruto barked as he charged.

Naruto quickly dashed at Laxus and shot him with a powerful punch to the side of his face, leaving a bruise and making him wobble backwards. Anger flashed in Laxus's eyes, and when Naruto tried to follow up with another punch, Naruto was also struck in the face by Laxus's powerful left hook, causing some blood to spit out of his mouth. The two teens were blocking and punching each other, landing blows on each other's faces, making more bruises and blood emerge.

Then as if out of nowhere Gajeel charged and slugged Naruto down to the ground. The concrete scrapped Naruto's cheek a little, but that was the last thing he was thinking about.

"That was for my car." Gajeel said, smirking down at him.

Naruto quickly got up and was ready to fight two-on-one, but suddenly he was grabbed from behind by the masked one, who had him completely restrained.

"Come on now, Uzumaki!" he said laughing. "Take your beating like a man!"

"Dammit, let me go!" Naruto said while struggling to get free.

"That's it Bickslow." The long haired one said, finally deciding to join in. "Now let's get this over with."

Naruto hated how these guys were looking at him. They looked at him as if they'd already won. As if he were nothing but completely helpless at that point. In reality, that might be kinda true, but he would never admit it, he didn't want to admit it. He didn't want to accept the fact that these guys from Magnolia got the best of him, he absolutely hated the thought. However, he'd be lying if he said he knew any possible way at all to make this situation any better.

The Magnolia guys decided that Gajeel would get first punch, because it was his car that got ruined, after all. Naruto stared at Gajeel with infuriated eyes, and that only brightened Gajeel's mood to see his face trying to act tough before his total beat down. Gajeel walked up to Naruto, clenched his fist and prepared to strike, making Naruto close his eyes so he wouldn't see it coming.

But he didn't feel anything. Instead, he heard a loud "Uf!" and a crashing sound, making him assume someone just hit the ground. Then soon after he heard another crashing sound, meaning someone else just hit the ground. When he opened his eyes, he saw Gajeel and the long haired one both on the ground looking up at their attackers.

"You three have seen better days, Naruto." said a familiar voice.

"G-guys! You're here!" Naruto proclaimed, happy to see them.

Standing before Naruto were three of his friends, Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga, and Shikamaru Nara. With them here, this was a much more even playing field.

"Geez, we have to fight?" Shikamaru said in a bored tone. "This is so troublesome."

"Well when they mess with our own, we have no choice." Neji responded.

Laxus looked at the new comers, inspecting them. The three of them definitely knew how to fight.

"Well then." Laxus said. "I guess this might take a little longer than five seconds."

A.N: And that ends chapter 1! I hope you enjoyed it so far, if so then I'll try to write more! I don't know how consistent I'll be updating this story, but I'll try, trust me! Anyway, what's gonna happen next? Will the guys from Magnolia High get the beat down of a century, or will the Konoha High students find that they might be biting off more than they can chew? Only one way to find out! Keep an eye out for next chapter!