Natsu snorted as he walked into school. The first thing he saw was Gray Fullbuster, wearing nothing but his boxers, being dragged into the front office by Principal Makarov, "I was wearing clothes when I walked into school, I swear!" The nude teenager tried to reason, his words fell upon deaf ears ast he office door slammed shut.
"Some things never change, huh?" A voice emanated from beside him and he heard a familiar giggle, at least there'd be something good about this day.
He instantly turned his head to greet the voice with a grin."Heya Luce! How've you been?" Lucy returned his smile with one of her own.
"Oh you know same old same old. Swim season was really tough this season, Coach Aquarius is brutal." Natsu let out a light hearted laugh.
"Yeah I know how you feel, Laxus is none the kinder, I'm still sore from last football season."
Lucy giggled once again, "So who do you have first period?" Natsu smirked as he looked down at his schedule.
"Looks like I've got world history with old Gildarts." Lucy frowned.
"Man that sucks, I've got physics with Ms. Babasaama."
Natsu chuckled, "Well maybe if you weren't so smart you wouldn't be in smart classes, see ya later Luce." Natsu waved heading off to class, Lucy scoffed at his remark.
"Yeah see you later Natsu." Lucy returned walking in the opposite direction.
Natsu walked through his first periods classes door, "Heya Gildarts, how ya doing?" Natsu cheerily greeted the man sitting at the desk in the front of the room.
Gildarts opened one of his closed eyes and muttered, "That's Mister Clive to you Natsu, take a seat." Natsu kept his grin on his face as he sat down Yeah, this year won't be that bad.
Wendy scratched her head, surveying the area as she attempted to locate her classroom Maybe I should have gone to that open house a couple of weeks ago.
"Hey Wendy, could you help me?" She turned around to find herself facing Romeo Conbolt. Romeo had been her best friend since she moved to Magnolia three years ago.
"Sure, what do you need help with?" Wendy asked.
"Do you know where Mister Sequen's classroom is? I have him for environmental."
Wendy laughed nervously, "No actually...but that's the place I'm looking for too, maybe we can search together?" Romeo looked disappointed but it quickly faded as he smiled.
"Yeah that sounds alright to me, let's go." He said as they started to walk down the halls.
After five minutes of searching Romeo let out a groan, "Why didn't they put the room numbers on the schedules? What is wrong with these people?" They heard a short laugh echo out from behind them.
"The old man never really was all that practical." Romeo and Wendy smiled brightly as they turned around and cheered out.
"LAXUS!"
"Yeah, yeah keep it down. What are you two still wandering the halls for?" Laxus was the football coach and stand in gym teacher at Magnolia High as well as being the grandson of the principal. Wendy and Romeo knew him because they always attended football games and practice to watch Natsu.
"We're kind of lost, do you know where Mister Seqeun's classroom is?" Romeo supplied.
"Yeah I understand why you'd be lost on that one, Warrod's class is actually outside in the greenhouse by the west side of school. Just tell him your situation he's not too strict." Romeo nodded and thanked Laxus while they began running towards the west side of school.
A few minutes later they arrived and explained the situation to the teacher, a stern look passed over his face, "Three weeks detention, both of you, this is unacceptable." Romeo fell over in disbelief and a distraught look passed over Wendy's face.
"D-detention, b-b-but I've never had detention." Her eyes began to water up.
Warrod simply laugh at all of this and stated."Only joking, of course." Wendy deadpanned This teacher is going to be a lot to put up with.
Cobra stalked down the hallway scowling all the way, a new school and people were already trying to avoid him. It seemed like the entire hall moved away as he walked, he caught a freshman giving him a strange look.
"What the fuck are you looking at you little shit?" The kid put his head down and quickly shuffled away, okay so maybe he had some part in why people avoided him. Still didn't give the dumbass any rights to be staring at him. His path was interrupted as he ran into an obstacle, he looked down to identify it. He scowled, he'd run into a living object, much more difficult to put up with than the inanimate ones.
In his path stood a girl that was about half a foot shorter than him, with shoulder length purple hair and was wearing a light green dress. She was busy removing something from her locker. This girl...she looks familiar, but why? He shook the thought from his head.
"Hey, get the hell out of my way." Cobra urged, the girl turned towards him and shot a nasty look.
"Couldn't you ask nicely or, oh, I don't know, walk around me?" Cobra growled and walked around her, hearing her locker close as he did.
Cobra glanced behind him, "Why the hell are you following me?" He sneered, she sneered right on back.
"I'm not following you, we're just heading in the same direction!" He rolled his eyes, of course.
"Fine then where the hell are you going so I can avoid you?" Cobra very much wanted to stay away from this girl.
"Mister Gaebolg's class if you must know," Cobra grimaced, that was exactly where he was heading Fuck he mentally cursed. "And where are you heading? Mister grumpy-pants." Cobra cursed under his breath.
"Mister Gaebolg's class..." He uttered violently, Cobra could feel her smirking behind him.
"Well then lead the way." The violet haired girl mused. Seconds later they stopped at the classroom doorway and walked in. Cobra was horrified to discover only two seats left, side by side.
"Ah you two are the last ones to come in, please sit down, I assume you're Kinana and E-" Mister Gaebolg's sentence was cut off by Cobra who was scowling even deeper as he sat down.
"Cobra, Cobra is fine sir." Precht looked surprised at the sudden interruption but it seemed he got the message.
"Yes alright, class now that everyone is here I'd like you to introduce yourselves to the person sitting beside you. You will be working together all year after all." Cobra was going to die at this school, he was really going to die here. He maneuvered his vision to the left where the girl, Kinana, was still smirking with her chin resting on her hands.
"We didn't really get a proper introduction, my name is Kinana Serpenmal." Cobra sighed, he wasn't telling this girl his name.
"You can call me Cobra." Kinana raised her eyebrows amusedly Secretive, huh? I'll get that name out of him eventually. Kinana thought determinedly
"Well very pleased to meet you, Cobra." He recognized that determined look on the girl's face and he determined that this was going to be a very long year.
Rogue sighed as he walked out of his second period class Where the hell is Sting at? Did he miss the bus again? It was very likely that he had, It was doubtful Sting woke himself up on time and Sting's car was in the shop. It was also highly likely Sting would be requesting a ride from him for the next couple of weeks. Rogue pulled his folded schedule out of his pocket to check what his third period class was.
3rd Period - Physical Training Dreyar, Laxus
Damn, he had forgotten about that class and didn't have any clothes to wear to it. He knew the repercussions that would bring from Laxus. Also since Laxus knew him personally, he knew how much worse the repercussions would be than if it were anyone else. Rogue sighed and hurried to the gym knowing that it would be better just to go ahead and get this event out of the way. He trudged into the gym and sat down on the bottom bleachers with the rest of the class.
'RING' the class had started.
"Alright pipsqueaks, go get dressed!" Laxus bellowed out blowing his whistle. Rogue hadn't moved, and Laxus noticed. The tall blonde man walked up to him wearing a ferocious grin, "Well, well, well...if it isn't Ryos Cheney, I hear you're going by Rogue nowadays? That's cool but more importantly...where are your gym clothes?"
Rogue replied nervously, "I, uh forgot them?" Laxus' grin widened.
"Oh? Mister straight A, perfect attendance, never failed a test forgot something? TWENTY LAPS RYOS!" Laxus bellowed, Rogue stumbled and started running around the edge of the gymnasium. Only seconds after he began running he heard Laxus again, "Late and no clothes? I expected better from you Kagura. TWENTY LAPS WITH RYOS, MIKAZUCHI." And seconds after Kagura Mikazuchi was running right beside him.
They had actually become quite good friends due to their similar quiet and respectful nature's. They had met because Kagura was friends with Sting's girlfriend, Yukino.
"So what's your story?" Rogue smirked at the girl who was attempting to pull her hair into a ponytail whilst running.
She rolled her eyes, "I didn't have time to do laundry so I didn't have any gym clothes and Mister Faust kept me behind after class." Rogue nodded.
"So why didn't you just tell Laxus, oh I'm sorry Mister Dreyar, that?" Kagura gave him a blank stare and Rogue simply smiled and shrugged.
"Because Ryos, we both know that he would have ignored any excuse I threw it him." Rogue nodded again, he definitely knew that to be true.
"So he won't take an excuse, yeah. But Mister Faust didn't give you a note?" Rogue supplied, Kagura let out a cold laugh.
"Mister Faust is an ass." Rogue raised a surprised eyebrow, Kagura didn't typically address her superiors in that manor. She must really dislike the man for whatever reason, not that Mister Faust was very likable anyhow. Rogue and Kagura eventually finished their laps and went to sit down with the rest of the class, sweating and panting.
"Alright, this class has the word physical in it. So since it's the first week of school we'll be doing that whole mandatory physical fitness testing and whatnot." He scanned the students sitting on the floor, "It looks like you're all juniors and seniors so you know what to do, report back to me with results." Laxus concluded as he laid down on the bottom step of the bleachers. Rogue eyed him suspiciously How lazy.
Rogue stood up and strolled over to the pull up bar, "Let's get this over with."
Gajeel sniggered as he strutted into his fourth period class AP English Language. Yeah that's right, AP and English were together, in the name of one of his classes. Levy had been nagging him over his repugnant English and writing abilities since seventh grade. She had insisted he be tutored by her, and tutor him she did for 5 and a half years. That would be how Gajeel happened to end up in an advanced placement English class.
"Oh surprise, surprise. Look who it is." Gajeel voiced sarcastically in the direction of a certain blue haired female. Levy faced Gajeel and her face lit up with surprise and delight.
"Gajeel! What are you doing here, shouldn't you be in class?" Gajeel frowned at that remark.
"I am in class, Shrimp." He declared, Levy only giggled at him and rolled her eyes.
"No, Gajeel. I meant your class." Gajeel's frown deepened, he was getting tired of this.
"Shrimp this is my class." He growled. Levy faltered additional surprise creeping into her face, though she quickly returned to her smile.
"Wow, I guess I'm a good tutor after all, aren't I?" Gajeel merely grunted in reply while they took their seats. Levy opted to sit between Gajeel and Lucy Heartfilia who of course was also in here. Shortly after the teacher, Mister Stinger, walked in.
"All right class, take your seats," Mister Stinger observed the class and of course he stopped to look at Gajeel Redfox, "Mister Redfox, may I ask why you are in this classroom?" Levy's playful jabs he was fine with, but Gajeel really hated Bluenote Stinger.
"Well maybe you could figure it out yourself if you'd bother to look down at that role sheet in your hand, Mister Stinger." The teacher's eyes narrowed and he did in fact glance down at the piece of paper attached to the clipboard he was holding.
"Ah, yes here it is, very sorry about that, Gajeel," Gajeel grunted at the obvious sarcasm in his voice but said nothing, "Now since it's the first day back and all I won't make you do anything too extreme. Just write a page about what you did over summer vacation and whatnot." Bluenote drawled, turning on his computer and zoning out from anything his students said.
Thank God Levy is in this class with me, otherwise it's doubtful I'd ever attend. Gajeel notioned as he set pen to paper.
Sting finally slowed down and attempted to catch his breath as he walked through the front door of Magnolia High School Halfway into fourth period isn't bad, right? He reasoned with himself. Sting didn't know how he was in this school's district since he lived so far from it. He would definitely be getting rides from Rogue for the next couple of weeks. He couldn't be tardy again especially after this fiasco on the first day.
Hopefully he could sneak around until fifth and slip in there, maybe Principal Makarov wouldn't cat - "Ahem"
Sting looked down. Master Makarov had been standing there since he came in, "Follow me, Mister Eucliffe." The principal commanded walking through the front office door. Sting hung his head in shame and drug himself along behind Makarov.
I'm sorry this took so long to update, really! I'll try to keep a more steady updating stream from now on!
Sorry if Kinana is a bit OOC, I feel like if it came to someone with Cobra's personality she could be sarcastic and quirky. It also helps as she matches Cobra's personality.
And don't worry about Sting! We'll be seeing more of him after this chapter and he mostly won't just be comedy relief.